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Little Channel Range Lights

Coordinates: 46°41′15″N 63°56′32″W / 46.68750°N 63.94222°W / 46.68750; -63.94222
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Little Channel Range Rear Light
Little Channel Lighthouse in 2015; the rear light attached to a dwelling
Map
LocationConway Inlet, Prince Edward Island
Canada
Coordinates46°41′15″N 63°56′32″W / 46.68750°N 63.94222°W / 46.68750; -63.94222
Tower
Constructed1872 (first)
Constructionwooden tower
Automated1947
Height9.1 metres (30 ft)
Shapesquare tower with balcony and lantern attached to the keeper’s cottage
Markingslightblue-grey tower and lantern, red trim
Operatorprivate since 2014[1]
Light
First lit1877 (second)
Deactivated1969

The Little Channel Range Lights were a set of range lights on Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were built in 1873, and deactivated in 1969; only the rear tower has survived.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Lighthouse Friends
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
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