Grand Manan Archipelago (disputed) / Machias Seal Island & North Rock Archipelago (disputed)
Area
8 ha (20 acres)
Administration
Canada
Province
New Brunswick
Claimed by
Canada
Province
New Brunswick
United States
State
Maine
Demographics
Population
None (Two Canadian Coast Guard lighthouse keepers occupy the lighthouse on a rotational basis; temporary population increases in the summer with University of New Brunswick researchers and a Canadian Wildlife Service observer) (1995)
Additional information
Machias Seal Island Lighthouse
The island with the lighthouse in the centre
Constructed
1832 (twin tower first) 1878 (second)
Foundation
concrete base (current)
Construction
wooden tower (first) concrete tower (current)
Height
19.8 m (65 ft), 25 m (82 ft)
Shape
tapered octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern[2][3][4]
Markings
white tower, red lantern roof
Power source
solar power
Operator
Canadian Coast Guard
Heritage
recognized federal heritage building of Canada, heritage lighthouse
Fog signal
two 3s. blasts every 60s.
First lit
1915 (current)
Focal height
18 m (59 ft)
Range
17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 3s
Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 16 km (10 mi) southeast from Cutler, Maine, and 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Sovereignty of the island is disputed by the United States and Canada. The Canadian Coast Guard continues to staff a lighthouse on the island; the first lighthouse was constructed there in 1832.
^"Machias Seal Island". Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. May 8, 1995.
^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. p. {{{page}}}.
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
^Machias Seal Island, NB Archived February 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved March 23, 2017
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