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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:
The Marconi
Tower Height: 100
Height of Focal Plane: 170
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 7.5 seconds, visible for 24 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White, cylindrical concrete tower with red lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Red keeper's dwelling and fog signal building.
Earlier Towers?
1856: Conical cast iron tower, moved to Cape North, Nova Scotia, and now at the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa.
Date Established: 1856
Date Present Tower Built: 1907
Optics: 1907: Hyperradial lens, still in use.
Fog Signal: Automated horn, blast 3s; sil. 3s; blast 3s; sil. 51s.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Museum?
The Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, home of the original Cape Race Lighthouse, is open in summer every day, 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. In winter (the day after Labour Day until April 30) the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed on Mondays, except Thanksgiving Monday, the Monday following Christmas Day, the Mondays during Quebec and Ontario March Breaks, and Easter Monday. The museum is located at 1867 St-Laurent Boulevard in Ottawa. Call (613) 991-3044 for more information.
Directions:
Cape Race is located near the Irish Loop Road on the Avon Peninsula. An unpaved road (12.5 miles) from Portugal Cove South takes you to Cape Race.
Keepers: Paddy Myrick (?, died in service), John Myrick (?-1928), "Big Paddy" Myrick (1928-1957).
Nearby Lodging: Northwest Bed and Breakfast, Box 5, Site 14, Trepassey, NF A0A 4B0. Phone: 709-438-2888. Email: nlodge@trepassey.publib.nf.ca
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