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Managing Organization:
Aquarium and Marine Centre
Telephone: 506-336-3013
Website: http://www.gnb.ca/0181/01810001-e.asp
Contact Address Information:
100 Aquarium Street
P.O. Box 1010
Shippagan
New Brunswick, E0B 2P0, Canada
Notes:
This lighthouse was originally on Portage Island in Miramichi Bay. When the two towers of the Portage Island range were replaced by skeleton structures, the rear lighthouse was moved to Shippagan in 1986.
Tower Height: 42
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 4 seconds (1980).
Description of Tower: 1908: White, square, pyramidal wooden tower with a red octagonal iron lantern.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1869
Date Present Tower Built: 1908
Date Deactivated: c. 1986
Current Use: Tourist attraction and information centre for the Acadian Peninsula.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
The tower is part of the Aquarium and Marine Centre, located near the Shippagan Marina and behind the Shippagan campus of the University of Moncton.
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