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Name: Leclercville Front Range Light  

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Also known as: Sainte-Emmelie Front Range Light

Nearest Town or City:
Leclercville, Quebec, Canada

Location: South shore of the St. Lawrence River, below Trois-Rivières.


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Photo: Canadian Coast Guard, Quebec Region.
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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard

Notes:
A new skeleton tower was erected in 2002.

Tower Height: 30

Height of Focal Plane: 123

Characteristic and Range: Two fixed green lights, one with a 17-mile range; the other with a 6-mile range.

Description of Tower: White skeleton tower with a black stripe on a fluorescent orange slatwork daymark.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1898: White, square wooden tower with a red stripe; 30 feet tall. 1978?: White, square pyramidal skeleton tower with an enclosed lantern and a black stripe on an orange slatted daymark; 35 feet tall (moved away from the edge of the cliff in 1983).

Date Established: 1880

Date Present Tower Built: 2002

Tower Moved?
1983

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.


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