Managing Organization: Canadian Coast Guard
Notes: The range light that operates in tandem with this lighthouse is on a skeleton tower about 1,770 feet away. Tower Height: 29 Height of Focal Plane: 52 Characteristic and Range: Fixed green. Description of Tower: Square white tower attached to fog signal building, with vertical red stripe.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers? 1851: Light shown from a window in the keeper's house (burned down in 1883). 1883: Square wooden pyramidal lighthouse with attached dwelling. Date Established: 1851 Date Present Tower Built: 1961 Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions: From Route 101, take Exit 9. Turn right on Bluff Road, then turn left onto Lighthouse Road and follow to the lighthouse.
Keepers: Robert King (1851-?); ? Lockhart (?), James Rathbun (c. early 1860s), Charles Edwin Rathbun (1865-1879), Susan Munro (C.E.Rathbun's wife, 1879-1921), William A. Crosby (?)
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