Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Baie Ellis Range ...

05/20/05 12:16 PM

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Name: Baie Ellis Range Rear Light

Also known as: Ellis Bay Range Rear Light

Nearest Town or City:
Port-Menier , Quebec, Canada

Location: Western end of Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand

Notes:
One of the Baie Ellis Range Lights may still be standing. The lights were established by the then-owner of Anticosti Island, Henri Menier, a Swiss-born chocolate magnate, for his own use.

Tower Height: 52

Height of Focal Plane: 79

Description of Tower: White, cylindrical iron tower with a red lantern.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1906

Date Deactivated: ?

Current Use: Unknown.