Point Lepreau

Point Lepreau Lighthouse
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Location	Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada <img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Coordinates	45°03′32″N 66°27′31″W / 45.058856°N 66.458689°W
Tower
Constructed	1831 (first) ; 1899 (second)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	concrete tower
Height	17 m (56 ft) <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Shape	octagonal truncated tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white and red horizontal band tower, red lantern
Power source	mains electricity <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Operator	NB Power <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Fog signal	three 2s. blasts every 60s.
Light
First lit	1959 (current)
Deactivated	1898 (first); 1958 (second)
Focal height	25 m (82 ft) <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Range	14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">
Characteristic	Fl W 5s <img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20">

Point Lepreau is a cape in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada.

It is at the southern tip of a 10 km-long (6.2 mi) peninsula that extends into the Bay of Fundy. This peninsula contains the boundary between Saint John County to the east and Charlotte County to the west, although the southernmost tip at Point Lepreau is within Charlotte County.

Point Lepreau forms the eastern limit of Maces Bay.

The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in Saint John County is a CANDU nuclear reactor operated by NB Power approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast from the point.

Point Lepreau Lighthouse

The point hosts a light station owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and managed by NB Power.^[3]

References

^ 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.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
^ Point Lepreau, NB Lighthouses Friends. Retrieved 21 February 2017

45°04′N 66°27′W / 45.067°N 66.450°W / 45.067; -66.450

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[listoflights110-1] 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 2017-02-21.

[3] Point Lepreau, NB Lighthouses Friends. Retrieved 21 February 2017

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Tower

Location	Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada
Coordinates	45°03′32″N 66°27′31″W / 45.058856°N 66.458689°W / 45.058856; -66.458689
Constructed	1831 (first) 1899 (second)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	concrete tower
Height	17 m (56 ft)
Shape	octagonal truncated tower with balcony and lantern^[1]^[2]
Markings	white and red horizontal band tower, red lantern
Power source	mains electricity
Operator	NB Power
Fog signal	three 2s. blasts every 60s.

Light
First lit	1959 (current)
Deactivated	1898 (first) 1958 (second)
Focal height	25 m (82 ft)
Range	14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s