Cape Spencer Light (New Brunswick)
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The Cape Spencer Light is an active lighthouse along the Bay of Fundy in Mispec, located southeast of Saint John, New Brunswick. There have been several towers at this site: the first was a wooden house built in 1873, which was succeeded by a concrete tower in 1918. The present fiberglass tower was erected in 1983 to replace a skeletal tower first lit in 1971.
Cape Spencer Light in September 2024 | |
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| Location | Mispec, Saint John County, New Brunswick |
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| Coordinates | 45.1953°N 65.9099°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1873 (first) 1918 (second) 1971 (third) |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | fiberglass tower (current) wooden tower (first) concrete tower (second) steel skeletal tower (third) |
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern (current) square tower (first) octagonal tower (second) square tower (third) |
| Markings | white lower half tower, red upper half tower and lantern (current) |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard [1] |
| Fog signal | three 2s. blasts every 60s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1983 (current) |
| Focal height | 62 metres (203 ft) |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)[2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 11s. |
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