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Name: Bourgeois Inlet Light  

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Also known as: River Bourgeois Light

Nearest Town or City:
River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia, Canada

Location: East side of entrance to River Bourgeois, south coast of Cape Breton.

Managing Organization:
River Bourgeois Community Services Society

Website: http://www.riverbourgeois.ca
Email: jvmacphee@ns.sympatico.ca

Notes:
This light was turned over to the River Bourgeois Community Services Society under a Coast Guard divestiture program in 2004. The society built a replica of the original 1903 lighthouse, replacing a skeleton tower that had been in use since 1989.

Characteristic and Range: Fixed red, visible for 9 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: White, wooden, square pyramidal tower with red lantern.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1903: White, wooden, square pyramidal tower with red lantern. 1989: skeleton tower (23 feet high, focal plane 24 feet).

Date Established: 1903

Date Present Tower Built: 2004

Current Use: Active aid to navigation (seasonal).

Open To Public? Grounds only.


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