Woods Harbour Lighthouse

Owned by the Government of Canada

Woods Harbour Lighthouse Locator Map

WOODS HARBOUR I - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On Big Ledge, centre of Cockerwitt Passage
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1900
• Year Lit: 1900
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, red lantern
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1922)
• Tower Height: 028ft feet high.
• Light Height: 027ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1922 - 7th order dioptric lens, hand fog horn
• 1930 - hand fog signal in operation
• 1960 - hand fog horn in answer to vessels - 1962 - fog horn installed at light
• 1962 - 1965 - replaced by present tower

WOODS HARBOUR II - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On Big Ledge, centre of Cockerwitt Passage
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1993
• Decommissioned: This light has been decommissioned.
• Began: c. 1965
• Year Lit: c. 1965
• Structure Type: Square wood tower, white, on wooden crib
• Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1992)
• Tower Height: 021ft feet high.
• Light Height: 021ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1962 - 1965 - replaced original tower of 1900 between these dates
• 1990 - 1992 - 7th order dioptric lens, electric