Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:
This is one of the oldest wooden lighthouses in the Canadian maritime provinces.
Tower Height: 60
Height of Focal Plane: 88
Characteristic and Range: Fl (2) White 12 s, visible for 12 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White, octagonal wooden tower with red lantern.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1864
Date Present Tower Built: 1864
Tower Moved?
1979
Date Automated: 1959
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Follow Blue Heron Drive between Bedeque and Borden-Carleton. Turn off on Route 119 to Fernwood. Continue to a "T" in the road. Form here you should be able to see the lighthouse. Follow the road down to it.
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