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Name: Boar Island Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Burgeo, Newfoundland, Canada

Location: Southwest coast of Newfoundland, Burgeo Islands.


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Photo: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Notes:
This lighthouse burned down in 1946. An automated light on an aluminum tower is now in use.

Height of Focal Plane: 207

Description of Tower: White, square wooden tower on roof of keeper's dwelling.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1874

Date Deactivated: 1946

Current Use: Destroyed.

Keepers: Edward Dicks (c. 1898)


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