Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Pointe Heath ...

12/19/03 11:45 AM

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Name: Pointe Heath Light

Nearest Town or City:
Baie du Renard (Fox Bay), Quebec, Canada

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

Managing Organization:
Réserve écologique de la Pointe-Heath

Website: http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/reserves/pointe_heath/res_04.htm

Notes:
The lighthouse no longer stands; only ruins remain within the Réserve écologique de la Pointe-Heath.

Tower Height: 133

Height of Focal Plane: 130

Characteristic and Range: White flash every 7.5 seconds; range 17 miles (1938).

Description of Tower: White, circular tower with one red band, and a red lantern.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1835

Date Deactivated: ?

Current Use: In ruins.

Directions:
The site of the former lighthouse is not accessible by land.

Keepers: Barney Bradley (1835-1849); M. Roche (1849-1852); Charles Julyan (1852-1863); Zéphirin Duhamel (1863-1868); Thomas Gagné (1868-1889); J.Z. Gagné (1890-1900); A. Tremblay 1900; Marcel Gallienne (1953-1956); Jacques Landry (1956). Also (dates unknown): Christophe Hubert; Georges Masson; Narcisse Rioux.