Hamilton Sound and Wadham Islands Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Hamilton Sound and Wadham Islands Lighthouses Lighthouse
The lighthouse marking Hamilton Sound on South Change Island was first lit in 1901. The current structure, a 9.5-meter-tall square skeletal mast, was erected in 2014. It displays a white light with a single flash every 4 seconds, visible for 11.6 nautical miles. The mast is adorned with a red daymark featuring a white horizontal band. The original lighthouse, a wooden pyramidal tower, was later demolished to make way for a skeletal tower. The station's site is open to the public, though the tower itself remains closed.
Why it matters: This light guides vessels through Hamilton Sound, a waterway between Fogo Island and the Newfoundland mainland.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 14m
- Geographic Range
- 11.6NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2014
- First Lit
- 1901
Significant events: Original lighthouse demolished, present light replaced previous skeletal tower
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9.5m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- red with a white horizontal band
- Material
- steel
Structure: square skeletal mast carrying a daymark colored red with a white horizontal band
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Sea Region
- Hamilton Sound, between Fogo Island and the mainland on the northeastern shoulder of Newfoundland, located at the southwestern tip of South Change Island.
- Latitude
- 49.5697°
- Longitude
- -54.4078°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Seldom(9.4 km)
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-836
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