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Name: Owls Head Light (NS)  

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Also known as: Owls Head Direction Light

Nearest Town or City:
Southwest Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Location: Entrance to False Passage and Owls Bay, south coast of Nova Scotia.

Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard

Tower Height: 30

Height of Focal Plane: 84

Characteristic and Range: Red flash every 4 seconds, visible for 8 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Skeleton tower with red and white rectangular daymarks.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1912: Red, octagonal iron lantern rising from the roof of a white, square wooden dwelling.

Date Established: 1912

Date Present Tower Built: ?

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.


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