Lamèque Island
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| Location | Lamèque Island, Shippegan Parish, Canada  |
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| Coordinates | 47°43′19.82″N 64°39′38.18″W / 47.7221722°N 64.6606056°W |
| Constructed | 1872 |
| Construction | wooden tower |
| Tower height | 16.5 metres (54 ft) |
| Tower shape | octagonal frustun tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard[1][2] |
| Heritage | recognized federal heritage building of Canada |
| Focal height | 16.5 metres (54 ft) |
| Lens | fourth-order Fresnel lens (original), Barbier, Bernard et Turenne lantern (current) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl Y 5s. |
| Admiralty no. | H1530 |
| NGA no. | 7392 |
| CCG no. | 1254 |
| ARLHS no. | CAN-035 |
Lamèque Island (French: Île Lamèque), (formerly Shippegan Island or Shippigan Island),[3][4] is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
The island has an area of 150 square kilometres (58 sq mi).[5] It is separated from mainland North America on the south by the Shippagan Gut with the island forming , and west of this channel. The island is separated from Miscou Island on the north by the , with both islands forming .
The Shippagan Gut is bridged between the town of Shippagan on the mainland to the local service district of Chiasson-Savoy on Lamèque Island by a 1,000-metre (3,300-foot) combination causeway-bridge with a lift bridge over a navigation channel for small craft.
The Miscou Channel is bridged between the community of on Lamèque Island to the community of Miscou Harbour on Miscou Island by the 2000 metre .
Lamèque Island and Miscou Island separate Chaleur Bay from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
See also[]
- List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
- Acadian Peninsula
- Lamèque, New Brunswick
- Shippagan, New Brunswick
- List of communities in New Brunswick
- List of islands of New Brunswick
References[]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Shippegan Island". Geographical Names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Shippegan Island". Geographical Names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Statistics Canada Chapter 15, Geography" (PDF). statcan.gc.ca/. Statistics Canada. p. 213. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
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Coordinates: 47°48′47″N 64°37′25″W / 47.81306°N 64.62361°W
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