Baie Ellis Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Baie Ellis Range Rear Lighthouse
This cylindrical cast iron tower, standing 16 meters tall, was built in 1906 and first lit the same year. Originally painted white, it served as the rear range light for Baie Ellis. In 1927, the tower and its companion were relocated due to changes in channel alignment. The light was deactivated around 1986. A significant restoration effort in 1989 involved taking the tower down, repairing it, and re-erecting it on a new foundation. During this relocation, the lantern was damaged, and the lantern from the front range light was used to complete the refurbishment. The site is open to the public, but the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is architecturally significant as one of the few surviving examples of a French tourelle design in North America and highlights the dynamic nature of maintaining safe passage into Port-Menier's only protected anchorage.
Light & Optic
- Light Color
- White
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1906
Significant events: Inactive since about 1986, both towers relocated in 1927 due to channel alignment change, lighthouse taken down, repaired, and relocated in 1989, lantern damaged during 1989 relocation, lantern from front light placed on refurbished tower
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 16m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- cast iron
Structure: round cylindrical cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted white
Location
- City
- Anticosti Island
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Quebec
- Sea Region
- waterfront at Port-Menier, the island's only protected anchorage
- Latitude
- 49.8258°
- Longitude
- -64.3737°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Port Menier(1.2 km)
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-959
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