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Miminegash Range Rear, PE |
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Description:
Miminegash is located on the west coast of Prince Edward Island and is situated on Miminegash Pond. This small body of water is connected to Northumberland Strait with a pair of breakwaters or piers to keep the channel into the pond form shifting.
In 1886, a pair of range lights were established to guide mariners into the pond. In 1908, these lights were described as follows. The front lighthouse was a square, white, tower with a height of 5.2 metres (17 feet) and exhibited a fixed light that showed red from 56° to 135° and white from 135° to 198°. The rear light was exhibited from a square white tower situated near the pond, 219.5 metres (720 feet) inland from the front tower. This fixed-white light could be seen in an arc from 56° to 198°. The red sector in the front range served to warn mariners of Miminegash Reef, located 800 metres (0.5 miles) offshore. The proper angle for approaching the channel was 168° Keepers of the front range light include G. C. Green, Norbert Casey and Patrick O'Brien (appointed May 14, 1897). Keepers of the rear range light include John Mockler, W. P. Callaghan, Harold F. Costain (appointed May 19, 1897), and Elijah Costain (appointed May 18, 1906). Today, a pair of skeletal towers serves to mark the entrance to Miminegash Pond. The old, wooden Miminegash Rear Range Lighthouse was relocated across the northwest tip of Prince Edward Island to the grounds of a private cottage near Kildare.
Location: Located alongside Route 12 in Kildare. Latitude: 46.86987 Longitude: -63.99356 For a larger map of Miminegash Range Rear Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest. Travel Instructions: From Alberton, travel north on Route 12 to Central Kildare and then turn east onto O'Rourke Road. The Miminegash Range Rear Lighthouse is located adjacent to private cottages at the end of a private, unmarked road. The lighthouse is privately owned. Grounds/tower closed. Find the closest hotels to Miminegash Range Rear Lighthouse See our List of Lighthouses in Prince Edward Island Canada |
