Battle Island Light is a lighthouse on the Canadian shore of Lake Superior. It is located on the westerly point of Battle Island, 28.5 miles (45.9 km) east-northeast from Lamb Island Light.
 Battle Island Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Battle Island, Ontario |
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| Coordinates | 48°45′06.5″N 87°33′26.4″W / 48.751806°N 87.557333°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1877 (first) |
| Construction | wooden-frame (first) poured concrete tower (current) |
| Automated | 1991 |
| Height | 43 feet (13 m) |
| Shape | tapered octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Operator | Canadian Coast Guard[1] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1911 (current) |
| Focal height | 117 feet (36 m) |
| Range | 18 miles (29 km) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 24s. |
It was built as a white light, visible for 18 miles (29 km) in clear weather. When built, it operated as a bright flash, four-second interval, bright flash, four-second interval, and then bright flash, 16-second interval, with a concurrent lower-strength light operating at 12-seconds constant/ 12 seconds eclipsed. Its fog horn (originally referred to as a "fog diaphone") blasted for 3½ seconds and was then silent for 26½ seconds.[2] The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1915–16 in response to increased demand from local wood pulp carriers and commercial fishing boats.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Ontario". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ U.S. Lake Survey (1916). "Lake Superior". Bulletin no. 25: survey of northern and western lakes. Detroit, MI: U.S. Lake Survey Office. p. 99.
External links
edit- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
