Cape Spencer Light (New Brunswick)
The Cape Spencer Light is an active lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy east of Saint John, New Brunswick. There have been several towers at this site: the first was a wooden house built in 1873, which was succeeded by a concrete tower in 1918. The present fiberglass tower was erected in 1983 to replace a skeletal tower first lit in 1971.
 The lighthouse is on the left | |
| Location | Bay of Fundy Saint John New Brunswick Canada |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45.1953°N 65.9099°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1873 (first) 1918 (second) 1971 (third) |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | fiberglass tower (current) wooden tower (first) concrete tower (second) steel skeletal tower (third) |
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern (current) square tower (first) octagonal tower (second) square tower (third) |
| Markings | white lower half tower, red upper half tower and lantern (current) |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard [1] |
| Fog signal | three 2s. blasts every 60s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1983 (current) |
| Focal height | 62 metres (203 ft) |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 11s. |
References
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 28, 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.
- "Cape Spencer, NB". LighthouseFriends. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25.
External links
- Picture of Cape Spencer Lighthouse
- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
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