Cheticamp Harbour Front Range Light

CHETICAMP HARBOUR RANGE LIGHTS FRONT I - Light Details

• Light Type: Front Range Light
• Location: On east side of Cheticamp Eastern Harbour
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1980
• Decommissioned: This light has been decommissioned.
• Began: 1890
• Year Lit: 1890
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, red lantern. 1990, in the care of the community
• Tower Height: 023ft feet high.
• Light Height: 027ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1941 - 1955 - replaced original tower of 1890 between these dates
• 1968 - 1970 - elevation reduced from 27 feet to 25 feet
• 1990 - ranges replaced by sector light
• 1989 - not in List of Lights. 1992 - still standing at this time
• 2005 - listed as white cylindrical tower, likely fiberglass

CHETICAMP HARBOUR RANGE LIGHTS FRONT II - Light Details

• Light Type: Front Range Light
• Location: On east side of Cheticamp Eastern Harbour
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Began: 1999
• Year Lit: 1999
• Structure Type: Round fiberglass sector light, no lantern
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
• Tower Height: 030ft feet high.
• Light Height: 045ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1894, 1914 - alterations made in these years
• 1922 - 1941 - catatropic lens, lifeboat station nearby
• 1941 - listed position slightly different from 1922
• 1941 - 1955 - replaced by tower on crib