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Seacow Head Light

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Construction
  
wooden tower

Admiralty number
  
H1046

Opened
  
1864

Focal height
  
27 m

Year first constructed
  
1864

Characteristic
  
Fl (3) W 12s.

Height
  
18 m

Range
  
22,224 m

Province
  
Prince Edward Island

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Location
  
Summerside, Prince Edward Island Canada

Tower shape
  
octagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower, red lacony and lantern

Similar
  
Indian Head Lighthouse, Point Prim Light Station, Cape Tryon Light, Chelton Beach Provincial, Wood Islands Lighthouse

Seacow head lighthouse


The Seacow Head Light is a lighthouse on the south-central coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, west of Central Bedeque. It was built in 1864. The lighthouse was relocated in 1979 to avoid erosion. The lighthouse appeared in several episodes of the television series Road to Avonlea and was home to one of the series' main characters, Gus Pike.

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Map of Seacow Head Lighthouse, Lighthouse Rd, Bedeque, PE C0B 1C0, Canada

The name "Seacow Head" was given in reference to the walrus, formerly abundant in nearby waters, and is not connected with Steller's Sea Cow or other Sirenia.

Seacow head lighthouse prince edward island


Keepers

  • Malcolm MacFarlane 1865 – 1867
  • Thomas P. Huestis 1867 – 1872
  • James Wright 1872 – 1873
  • Peter O’Ronaghan (Ranahan) 1873 – 1917
  • E. O’Ronaghan 1917 – 1919
  • Thomas J. Ranahan 1919 – 1946
  • Walter Richards 1946 - 1959
  • William Sherry 1959 - 1967
  • References

    Seacow Head Light Wikipedia