Caveau Point Rear Range Light

History Items for This Lighthouse

  • 1922-1941 - catatropic lens
  • 1968 - in operation - 1968 - 1970 - small decrease in height
  • 1973 - 1980 - replaced by skeleton tower
  • 1989 - front listed as skeleton mast, white day mark, red vertical stripe, 6.1 m high

Highlights

  • County: Inverness
  • Region: Cape Breton Island
  • Body of Water: Caveau Bay
  • Scenic Drive: Cabot Trail
  • Site Access: By Car
  • Characteristic: Fixed white (1922)
  • Tower Height: 0.27
  • Height Above Water: 0.97
  • Latitude: 46~38~54.7
  • Longitude: 60~59~51.5
  • Off Shore: No
  • Still Standing: Yes
  • Still Operating: Yes

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C/O Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water Street
Halifax NS, Canada B3J 1S3