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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:
Thomas P. Foster donated items from his time as a lightkeeper to the Grand Manan Museum in 1973. Tower Height: 33 Height of Focal Plane: 157 Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 10 seconds, visible for 14 nautical miles. Description of Tower: Square white tower and red lantern on roof of fog signal building.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1880 Date Present Tower Built: 1959 Date Automated: 1987 Fog Signal: Automated horn, 6 second blast every 60 seconds. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
This lighthouse is located on the edge of a cliff at the end of Route 776 on Grand Manan. Grand Manan Island is accessible via a daily ferry departing from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, to North Head, Grand Manan. For information contact Coastal Transport Ltd. For arrivals & departures call (506) 662-3606; inquiries (506) 662-3724. Keepers: Walter McLaughlin (1880-1901), Turner Ingalls (1901-?), Clyde S. Ingersoll (?), Thomas P. Foster (?), Samuel Harvey (?), Harvey Benson (?). Ottawa Benson (c. 1959), Addison Naves (?), Doug Daggett (?-1987)
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