Miscou Island Lighthouse is an 24.3-metre (80 ft)-tall landfall lighthouse located on the North-Eastern tip of Miscou Island, at the entrance of the Chaleur Bay. It was built in 1856[3] and currently in use by the Canadian Coast Guard who owns the lighthouse, the land it is on, and also maintains it. It was built due to the shipwrecks that happened each year that could be prevented by a lighthouse. James Murray from Newcastle won the bid to construct the lighthouse.[4] It is a federal Heritage Building that is open to the public to explore. In 2009 a parking area, washrooms, picnic area and a deck around the lighthouse was added.[3]
The light's characteristic is a single green flash that occurs every five seconds, emitted at a focal plane height of 14 metres (46 ft). It has a third-order Fresnel lens.[5] The original lens was shipped from England and arrived on October 10, 1856, and the person in charge of the only other lighthouse on the northern coast of New Brunswick, William Hay, was sent to oversee the installation.[4]
Smoke conductors were installed in 1860 due to the fact that the calm weather could not sufficiently clear the smoke from the lantern room. In 1874 a building was built which contained a steam fog whistle that had blasts of 5 seconds that were separated by 25 seconds of silence.
In 1946 the lighthouse was moved 200 feet inland.[4]
miscou, island, lighthouse, metre, tall, landfall, lighthouse, located, north, eastern, miscou, island, entrance, chaleur, built, 1856, currently, canadian, coast, guard, owns, lighthouse, land, also, maintains, built, shipwrecks, that, happened, each, year, t. Miscou Island Lighthouse is an 24 3 metre 80 ft tall landfall lighthouse located on the North Eastern tip of Miscou Island at the entrance of the Chaleur Bay It was built in 1856 3 and currently in use by the Canadian Coast Guard who owns the lighthouse the land it is on and also maintains it It was built due to the shipwrecks that happened each year that could be prevented by a lighthouse James Murray from Newcastle won the bid to construct the lighthouse 4 It is a federal Heritage Building that is open to the public to explore In 2009 a parking area washrooms picnic area and a deck around the lighthouse was added 3 Miscou Island LighthouseLocationNorth East Tip of Miscou IslandNorth East terminus of Route 113 Gloucester CountyNew BrunswickCanadaCoordinates48 00 33 6 N 64 29 34 7 W 48 009333 N 64 492972 W 48 009333 64 492972TowerConstructed1856 first Constructionwooden towerHeight24 3 metres 80 ft Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower and gallery red lantern and trimOperatorDeveloppement Touristique de Miscou 2 Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada national Historic Sites of Canada provincial heritage place LightFirst lit1930s current Focal height14 metres 46 ft Range12 nautical miles 22 km 14 mi 1 CharacteristicFl G 5s The light s characteristic is a single green flash that occurs every five seconds emitted at a focal plane height of 14 metres 46 ft It has a third order Fresnel lens 5 The original lens was shipped from England and arrived on October 10 1856 and the person in charge of the only other lighthouse on the northern coast of New Brunswick William Hay was sent to oversee the installation 4 Smoke conductors were installed in 1860 due to the fact that the calm weather could not sufficiently clear the smoke from the lantern room In 1874 a building was built which contained a steam fog whistle that had blasts of 5 seconds that were separated by 25 seconds of silence In 1946 the lighthouse was moved 200 feet inland 4 Contents 1 Light Keepers 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLight Keepers editLight Keepers Years active George McConnell 1855 1877 Robert Rivers 1877 1902 Joseph L Robichaud 1902 1912 John A Ward 1912 1940 John Lester Marks 1940 1957 Arthur Chiasson 1957 1983 Robert Chiasson 1984 1988 LARY THOMAS 1989 2023See also editList of lighthouses in New Brunswick List of lighthouses in CanadaReferences edit 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 Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of Canada Southern New Brunswick The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved December 28 2015 a b Miscou Island Lighthouse Tourism New Brunswick Province of New Brunswick Retrieved October 25 2021 a b c Miscou Island Lighthouse LighthouseFriends Retrieved 2016 12 01 Miscou Island Lighthouse Tourism New Brunswick Archived from the original on 2016 12 01 Retrieved 2016 12 01 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miscou Island Lighthouse Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard Portals nbsp Canada nbsp Engineering Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miscou Island Lighthouse amp oldid 1170228648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
