Seacow Head Light

Location	Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Coordinates	46°18′56.6″N 63°48′36.2″W / 46.315722°N 63.810056°W
Tower
Constructed	1864
Construction	wooden tower
Automated	1959
Height	18.3 metres (60 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red lacony and lantern
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Heritage	recognized federal heritage building of Canada, designated heritage place, heritage lighthouse
Light
Focal height	27 metres (89 ft)
Range	12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 12s.
Prince Edward Island Heritage Place
Type	Designated Heritage Place
Designated	2012-10-03
Reference no.	7716
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The Seacow Head Light is a lighthouse on the south-central coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, west of Central Bedeque. It was built in 1864.^[2] The lighthouse was relocated in 1979 to avoid erosion. The lighthouse appeared in several episodes of the television series Road to Avonlea and was home to one of the series' main characters, Gus Pike.^[3]

The name "Seacow Head" was given in reference to the walrus, formerly abundant in nearby waters, and is not connected with Steller's Sea Cow or other Sirenia.^[4]^[5]

Keepers

Malcolm MacFarlane 1865 – 1867
Thomas P. Huestis 1867 – 1872
James Wright 1872 – 1873
Peter O’Ronaghan (Ranahan) 1873 – 1917
E. O’Ronaghan 1917 – 1919
Thomas J. Ranahan 1919 – 1946
Walter Richards 1946 - 1959
William Sherry 1959 - 1967^[6]

References

^ "Seacow Head Lighthouse". Prince Edward Island Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
^ Road to Avonlea Filming Sites
^ Canadian Board on Geographical Names (1925). Place-names of Prince Edward Island with meanings. F.A. Acland. p. 48. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ Gesner, Abraham (1847). Report of the Geological Survey of Prince Edward Island. Sea-cows or Walrus were formerly numerous on this part of the shore, but they have long since disappeared.
^ "Lighthouse Society". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

External links

Picture of Seacow Head Light Lighthouse Friends
Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

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[1] "Seacow Head Lighthouse". Prince Edward Island Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

[2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Eastern Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 7, 2009.

[3] Road to Avonlea Filming Sites

[4] Canadian Board on Geographical Names (1925). Place-names of Prince Edward Island with meanings. F.A. Acland. p. 48. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[5] Gesner, Abraham (1847). Report of the Geological Survey of Prince Edward Island. Sea-cows or Walrus were formerly numerous on this part of the shore, but they have long since disappeared.

[6] "Lighthouse Society". Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

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