Long Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

49°41′16″N 54°48′00″W / 49.687912°N 54.800089°W / 49.687912; -54.800089TowerConstructed1876Constructionconcrete-encased brick towerHeight15 metres (49 ft)Shapesquare base with octagonal upper towerMarkingsred tower, white balcony and lanternOperatorCanadian Coast Guard ^[1]^[2]Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse, municipal heritage site, registered heritage structure

LightFocal height101 metres (331 ft)Range16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)CharacteristicFl W 5s.

Long Point Lighthouse is an active Canadian lighthouse located outside Crow Head on North Twillingate Island off the northeast coast of Newfoundland.^[3] The lighthouse, completed in 1876, attracts thousands of tourists each year and is historic to the town of Twillingate.

Keepers

Samuel Roberts 1875–1893
R.E. Roberts 1893–1896
R.S. Roberts 1897–1912
William Freeman 1913-1932?
John and George Roberts 1932
Edgar Sharpe 1952–1980
Allan Roberts 1969–1984
Barry Porter 1984-1988 and 2003
Jack May 1988 – 2004^[4]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ 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 (November 2, 2011). "Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
^ Long Point Lighthouse Lighthouse Friends