Caraquet Bay

Caraquet Island Lighthouse
Caraquet Island Lighthouse in 2011
New Brunswick
Location Caraquet Island
Caraquet
New Brunswick
Canada
Coordinates 47°49′21.83″N 64°54′15.94″W / 47.8227306°N 64.9044278°W / 47.8227306; -64.9044278
Year first constructed 1870 (first)
Year first lit 1950s (current)
Foundation concrete base (current)
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white daymark in the upper part, red lantern
Height 20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height 22 metres (72 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl W 4s.
Admiralty number H1588
CHS number CCG 1322
NGA number 7272
ARLHS number CAN-893[2][3]

Caraquet Bay is situated in the northeast of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It is bordered on the south by the town of Caraquet and the village of Bertrand, to the south by the parish of New Bandon, to the north by the village of Maisonnette and to the northwest by the Baie des Chaleurs. Caraquet Island is located between the two bays. There are a number of beaches on the bay, as well as oyster farms and the port of Caraquet. Caraquet Bay flows into the Caraquet River and the Du Nord River

There are two theories about the origin of the bay's name. Either Caraquet is a word in the Mi'kmaq language meaning "where two rivers meet", or it comes from a type of ship, the carrack.[4] Governor Nicolas Denys was the first to mention Caraquet, in 1672.[5]

See also

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. ↑ Northern New Brunswick The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 20 March 2017
  3. ↑ Caraquet Island, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017
  4. ↑ "Caraquet." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. August 3, 2007 <http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9020221>.
  5. ↑ William Francis Ganong, The History of Caraquet and Pokemouche, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, 1948

Coordinates: 47°48′N 65°1′W / 47.800°N 65.017°W / 47.800; -65.017



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