Cape Spencer Light (New Brunswick)

Cape Spencer Lighthouse
New Brunswick
Location Bay of Fundy
Saint John
New Brunswick
Canada
Coordinates 45°11′43″N 65°54′36″W / 45.1953°N 65.9099°W / 45.1953; -65.9099Coordinates: 45°11′43″N 65°54′36″W / 45.1953°N 65.9099°W / 45.1953; -65.9099
Year first constructed 1873 (first)
1918 (second)
1971 (third)
Year first lit 1983 (current)
Foundation concrete base
Construction fiberglass tower (current)
wooden tower (first)
concrete tower (second)
steel skeletal tower (third)
Tower shape conical tower with balcony and lantern (current)
square tower (first)
octagonal tower (second)
square tower (third)
Markings / pattern white lower half tower, red upper half tower and lantern (current)
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 62 metres (203 ft)
Range 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl W 11s.
Fog signal three 2s. blasts every 60s.
Admiralty number H4078
CHS number CCG 146
NGA number 11088
ARLHS number CAN-109
Managing agent Canadian Coast Guard [2]

The Cape Spencer Light is an active lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy east of Saint John, New Brunswick. There have been several towers at this site: the first was a wooden house built in 1873, which was succeeded by a concrete tower in 1918. The present fiberglass tower was erected in 1983 to replace a skeletal tower first lit in 1971.

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References

  1. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  • "Cape Spencer, NB". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25.



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