Musquash, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°11′35″N 66°19′47″W / 45.19306°N 66.32972°W / 45.19306; -66.32972
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Musquash Head Lighthouse
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LocationMusquash Head, New Brunswick, Canada Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates45°08′37″N 66°14′14″W / 45.143628°N 66.237231°W / 45.143628; -66.237231
Tower
Constructed1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionconcrete tower
Automated1980s Edit this on Wikidata
Height14.3 m (47 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapeoctagonal tapered truncated tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markingswhite tower with a red horizontal band in the upper part, red lantern
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorMusquash Head Lightstation Inc.[2][3]
Fog signal4s. blast every 60s.
Light
First lit1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height35 m (115 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 3s Edit this on Wikidata
Original lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Constructed1879 Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionwooden tower
Shapesquare truncated tower rising from keeper’s house
Markingswhite tower with a red horizontal band, red lantern
Deactivated1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height34 m (112 ft) Edit this on Wikidata

Musquash is a Canadian rural community in Saint John County, New Brunswick. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west southwest of the community of Prince of Wales in Musquash Parish.

History[edit]

Musquash was settled in the early 1800s at the head of navigation on the Musquash River. The Shore Line Railway (later Canadian Pacific Railway) was built through the community but has since been abandoned. The community includes the locales of Ivanhoe, West Musquash and Clinch's Mills. A post office was located in Musquash from 1847 to 1969. It was largely a farming and lumbering community but is now largely an exurb of Saint John, thanks to being located on the Route 1 expressway.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 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. 2015.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  3. ^ Musquash Head, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 25 March 2017

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45°11′35″N 66°19′47″W / 45.19306°N 66.32972°W / 45.19306; -66.32972