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Annandale Range Rear, PE |
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Description:
The Annandale Rear Range Lighthouse, the tallest range light on Prince Edward Island, is located on its original site at Juniper Point in Lot 56. The range light rests on a wood post foundation and was established in 1898, with Alfred Robertson being appointed its first keeper on October 5th of that year.
The land for the Annandale Range Lights was purchased from Alfred Robertson, and George and Edwin McFarlane at a cost of $80, and a total of $170.55 was expended for material and labour to construct the towers.
When first constructed the rear range lighthouse was an open-framed tower with sloping sides surmounted by an enclosed lantern. The side of the tower facing the range line was slated to make it more conspicuous in daytime, and the whole structure was painted white. The tower was 17.1 metres (56 feet) tall and displayed a fixed-white light. In 1904, the tower was enclosed and painted white under the supervision of Milton Walsh, foreman of works for the Prince Edward Island division of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. The present tapered skeleton tower, built around 1925, is 19.3 metres (63 feet) in height from base to vane and 1.7 metres (5.6 feet) square at the top and 6.9 metres (22.6 feet) square at the bottom. In 1988, the Annandale Back Range Light was sheathed and reshingled. References
Location: Located near the entrance to Boughton Bay. Latitude: 46.2661 Longitude: -62.4361 For a larger map of Annandale Range Rear Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest. Travel Instructions: From Highway 4 just north of Bridgetown on the eastern side of the island, turn south on Highway 310 (Annandale Road) and after 8km (5 miles) the Annandale Range Rear Lighthouse will be on the shore between Lighthouse Road and Norton Road. The front side of the lighthouse is visible across fields at the end of Norton Road. The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds/tower closed. Find the closest hotels to Annandale Range Rear Lighthouse See our List of Lighthouses in Prince Edward Island Canada |
