Point Riche Lighthouse | |
Location: | Port au Choix Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
Coordinates: | 50.6984°N -57.4105°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1871 (first) |
Yearlit: | 1892 (current) |
Construction: | wooden tower |
Shape: | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | white tower, red balcony and lantern |
Height: | 5m (16feet) |
Focalheight: | 29m (95feet) |
Characteristic: | Fl W 5s. |
Managingagent: | Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada [1] |
Point Riche Lighthouse, located in Port au Choix, Newfoundland in Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador province, is a "pepperpot" lighthouse that was built in 1892 and is still active. The white wooden tower is octagonal pyramidal in shape, the lantern room is painted red. The structure is tall. Its light characteristic is a flash every 5 seconds, emitted at a focal plane height of .[2] It is maintained by the Port au Choix National Historic Site.
The keeper's dwelling burned down in the 1970s.[3]