Cape Tryon Light

Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island, Canada

Lighthouse

46°32′02.5″N 63°30′21.9″W / 46.534028°N 63.506083°W / 46.534028; -63.506083TowerConstructed1905 (first)Constructionwooden tower (both)Height12.4 metres (41 ft)Shapesquare pyramidal tower (current)Markingswhite tower, red lanternOperatorCanadian Coast Guard^[2]Heritageheritage lighthouse, Registered Heritage Place

LightFirst lit1965 (current)Deactivated1965

Focal height33.4 metres (110 ft)Range8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)^[1]CharacteristicL Fl W 4s.

The Cape Tryon Light is a lighthouse on the western north coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, located on Cousins Shore about 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the cape. The station was built in 1905 and it characterised as a white building with red trim; with the lantern painted red.^[2]

The original Cape Tryon lighthouse was deactivated in 1969. A second lighthouse was built on Cape Tryon itself, opened in 1969, and is still active. It is located a few kilometres north of the village of French River.

References

^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. p. 2017.
^ ^a ^b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 7, 2009.