Belle Isle Northeast Light Explained

Belle Isle Northeast Light
Location:Belle Isle
between
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
Coordinates:52.0139°N -55.2806°W
Yearbuilt:1905
Construction:concrete tower
Shape:dodecagonal tower with six flying buttress
Marking:white tower, red lantern
Characteristic:Fl W 11s.
Fogsignal:Horn(1) 30s
Managingagent:Canadian Coast Guard[1]

Belle Isle Northeast Light is a 27m (89feet) tall, 12-sided flying buttress lighthouse located on Belle Isle, Newfoundland, which was built in 1905. It is one of three lighthouses on the island and was maintained by the Canadian Government despite the fact that Newfoundland did not join Confederation until 1949. It was designed by William P. Anderson as one in a series of nine buttressed lighthouses built in Canada around 1910.

Its light characteristic is a white flash occurring every eleven seconds. The lightsource is placed at a focal plane of above sea level. A fog signal consisting of a single blast may be sounded every 30 seconds if needed.

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  1. December 29, 2015.