Description: The original Point Escuminac Lighthouse was an octagonal wooden tower built in 1841. The current tower was constructed in 1963, the year a skeletal tower was erected to temporarily replace the old wooden tower. This location is the northern-most point of the Northumberland Strait in New Brunswick. The concrete, hexagonal Point Escuminac Lighthouse stands seventy-four feet tall and is the only such "apple-core" tower in New Brunswick. In 2008, the tower was part of an environmental cleanup and paint campaign.

Location: Located on Point Escuminac, marking the entrance to Northumberland Strait to the south and Miramichi Bay to the west.
Latitude: 47.07292
Longitude: -64.79786

For a larger map of Point Escuminac Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest.

Travel Instructions: From Route 117 in Escuminac (16km north of Pointe Sapin), turn east at the stop sign onto Point Escuminac Road. After 4.6km (2.9 miles), the pavement will end, but a dirt road continues another 5km (3.1 miles) to the Point Escuminac Lighthouse. The dirt road was greatly improved in 2008 and should be passable with any type of vehicle.

The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds open, tower closed.

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