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Name: Long Island Lighthouse (NF)  

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Also known as: Long Island P.B. Lighthouse

Nearest Town or City:
Oderin, Newfoundland, Canada

Location: Southernmost tip of Long Island in Placentia Bay, on the southeast coast of Newfoundland.


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Photo: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard

Height of Focal Plane: 238

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white light.

Description of Tower: White conical cast iron tower.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1903

Date Present Tower Built: 1903

Date Automated: 1931

Optics: 1903: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

Directions:
Accessible only by private boat or helicopter.

Keepers: Philip Power, John Dicks, Peter Mullett (caretaker, ?-1957), John D. Bailey (caretaker, 1957-?)


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