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Lighthouse Attractions In Heart's Delight

  • 1. Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site St John S
    Cape Spear, located on the Avalon Peninsula near St. John's, Newfoundland, is the easternmost point in Canada , and North America, excluding Danish-controlled Greenland. Cape Spear is within the municipal boundaries of the city of St. John's, located about 2 miles from Blackhead, an amalgamated area of St. John's. The Portuguese named this location Cabo da Esperança which means cape of hope, which became Cap d'Espoir in French and finally Cape Spear. Cape Spear is the trailhead/trail end for two components of the East Coast Trail.
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  • 2. Lighthouse Picnics Ferryland
    Miscou Island Lighthouse is an 11-metre -tall landfall lighthouse located on the North-Eastern tip of Miscou Island, at the entrance of the Chaleur Bay. It was built in 1856 and currently in use by the Canadian Coast Guard who owns the lighthouse, the land it is on, and also maintains it. It was built due to the shipwrecks that happened each year that could be prevented by a lighthouse. James Murray from Newcastle won the bid to construct the lighthouse. It is a federal Heritage Building that is open to the public to explore. In 2009 a parking area, washrooms, picnic area and a deck around the lighthouse was added.The light's characteristic is a single green flash that occurs every five seconds, emitted at a focal plane height of 14 metres . It has a third-order Fresnel lens. The original ...
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