Channel Head Lighthouse
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| Location | Channel Head, Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 47°33′57.0″N 59°07′24.6″W / 47.565833°N 59.123500°W |
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| Markings | White tower |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
| Heritage | Recognized Federal Heritage Building |
| Racon | C (- . - .), X and S bands |
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| Focal height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Range | 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
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Channel Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse at the entrance to the harbour of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A light station was established at Channel Head in 1875. The present cast-iron tower was built in 1895, replacing the original wooden lighthouse.[1][2] The tower was designated a Recognized Federal Heritage Building in 1988.[3]
Work on the first lighthouse began in 1874, and the light entered service the following spring. The original lighthouse was a 9-metre (30 ft) square wooden tower showing a fixed red light. It was replaced in 1895 by a circular iron tower equipped with a fourth-order lens. A fog signal station was added in 1898, as Port aux Basques developed as the western terminus of the Newfoundland Railway and a ferry port. The current light flashes white every ten seconds from a focal height of 29 metres (95 ft) and has a nominal range of 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi). The station also carries a RACON transmitting Morse code C on X and S bands.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Channel Head Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends.com. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "Channel Head Lighttower". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Parks Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ Newfoundland and Labrador Coast: List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (PDF) (Report). Canadian Coast Guard. 2026. Light no. 160. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
External links
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Media related to Channel Head Lighttower at Wikimedia Commons
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