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Georges Island Lighthouse
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LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates44°38′26″N 63°33′37″W / 44.640658°N 63.560353°W / 44.640658; -63.560353
Tower
Constructed1876 (first)
1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916
Constructionconcrete tower
Automated1972
Height16 metres (52 ft)
Shapeoctagonal truncated prism with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome
OperatorParks Canada[2]
Fog signal3s. blast every 30s.
Light
First lit1919 (current)
Focal height17.5 metres (57 ft)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
CharacteristicF W

Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 on Georges Island in Nova Scotia, replacing an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.[3] The lighthouse is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard.

  1. ^ 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. 2016.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Nova Scotia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society.

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