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Point Riche Lighthouse

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Year first lit
  
1892 (current)

Height
  
5 m

Province
  
Newfoundland and Labrador

Construction
  
wooden tower

Focal height
  
29 m

Year first constructed
  
1871 (first)

Point Riche Lighthouse

Location
  
Port au Choix Newfoundland and Labrador Canada

Tower shape
  
octagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower, red balcony and lantern

Range
  
15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)

Address
  
Port au Choix, NL A0K 4C0, Canada

Similar
  
Port au Choix Archaeol, Cape Race Lighthouse, Point Amour Lighthouse, The Arches Provincial Park, Cape Spear Lighthous

Point Riche Lighthouse, a "pepperpot" lighthouse, was built in 1892 and is still active. The white wooden tower is octagonal pyramidal in shape, the lantern room is painted red. The structure is 19 metres (62 ft) tall. Its light characteristic is a flash every 5 seconds, emitted at a focal plane height of 29 metres (95 ft). It is maintained by the Port au Choix National Historic Site.

The keeper's dwelling burned down in the 1970s.

Keepers

  • Eugene Roy 1871–1881
  • Ferdinand Lemieux 1881–1896
  • Narcisse Breton 1896–1926
  • Joseph N. Romeo Breton 1926–1927
  • Joseph Narcisse Gaudias Breton 1927–1959
  • John Lawrence Rumbolt 1959–at least 1962
  • References

    Point Riche Lighthouse Wikipedia