Year first constructed 1858 Height 33 m Phone +1 709-927-5825 | Automated 1995 Province Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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Location L'Anse Amour
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada Construction limestone covered with brick and clapboard tower Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower with an horizontal black band, red dome Address L'Anse Amour Branch Rd, L'Anse-au-Loup, NL A0K 3L0, Canada Hours Open today · 9:30AM–5PMWednesday9:30AM–5PMThursday9:30AM–5PMFriday9:30AM–5PMSaturday9:30AM–5PMSunday9:30AM–5PMMonday9:30AM–5PMTuesday9:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Red Bay National Historic S, Cape Bonavista Light, Cape Race Lighthouse, Cape Spear, Boyd's Cove Beothuk I | ||
The point amour lighthouse
The Point Amour Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Point Amour in southern Labrador, Canada. It is not far from L'Anse Amour, and was completed in 1857. It is the tallest lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, and the second tallest one in all of Canada, reaching a height of 109 feet (33 m). The point amour lighthouse was part of a series of four lighthouses built in the 1850s to allow for safer passage for the increased steamship travel between Europe and the new world at that time. The cylindrical tower is built of limestone and is painted white with a black band. The limestone used for construction of the lighthouse was obtained from local quarries. Other materials such as timber and brick were not as accessible and were shipped from Quebec to L’Anse au Loup. From L’Anse au Loup they were brought to the sight where the lighthouse was constructed, four miles away. It was built in the series of Imperial Towers and is designated a Provincial Historic Site. The residential part of the lighthouse, completed in 1857, has been renovated and now serves as a museum. The site was also home to a Marconi Station, of which only the foundations survive.
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A second order Fresnel lens with a focal plane at 152 feet (46 m) above sea level is in use. In 1996 the operation of the lighthouse was converted to an automatic system. The light characteristic is a period of light of 16 seconds with an adjacent pause of 4 seconds. A fog signal may be sounded from a separate building.
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In 1995 the lighthouse became automated.