Seacow Head Light

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Seacow Head Light
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Seacow Head Light
Location Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Coordinates 46°18′56.6″N63°48′36.2″W / 46.315722°N 63.810056°W / 46.315722; -63.810056
Tower
Constructed1864
Constructionwooden tower
Automated1959  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Height18.3 metres (60 ft)
Shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower, red lacony and lantern
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard
Heritagerecognized federal heritage building of Canada, designated heritage place, heritage lighthouse  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
Focal height27 metres (89 ft)
Range12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) W 12s.
TypeDesignated Heritage Place
Designated2012-10-03
Reference no.7716 [1]

The Seacow Head Light is a lighthouse on the south-central coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, west of Central Bedeque. It was built in 1864. [2] The lighthouse was relocated in 1979 to avoid erosion. The lighthouse appeared in several episodes of the television series Road to Avonlea and was home to one of the series' main characters, Gus Pike. [3]

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The name "Seacow Head" was given in reference to the walrus, formerly abundant in nearby waters, and is not connected with Steller's Sea Cow or other Sirenia. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Seacow Head Lighthouse". Prince Edward Island Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  3. Road to Avonlea Filming Sites
  4. Canadian Board on Geographical Names (1925). Place-names of Prince Edward Island with meanings. F.A. Acland. p. 48. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  5. Gesner, Abraham (1847). Report of the Geological Survey of Prince Edward Island. Sea-cows or Walrus were formerly numerous on this part of the shore, but they have long since disappeared.
  6. "Lighthouse Society". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-10-20.