Port Colborne Entrance Range Rear. Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Port Colborne Entrance Range Rear. Lighthouse
This cylindrical steel tower, standing 13.5 meters tall, serves as the rear range light for the northbound entrance of the Welland Canal. It features a trapezoidal daymark colored orange with a black vertical stripe. The light emits a fixed red signal. Its focal height reaches 22 meters, providing a geographic range of 13.6 nautical miles. The structure is situated on the east side of the canal in Port Colborne, Ontario, approximately 0.8 kilometers from the nearest port.
Why it matters: This range light is indispensable for guiding ocean-going ships entering the Welland Canal from Lake Erie, a critical segment of the St. Lawrence Seaway system that bypasses Niagara Falls.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Fixed
- Light Color
- Red
- Raw Code
- F R
- Focal Height
- 22m
- Geographic Range
- 13.6NM
Location
- City
- Port Colborne
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Ontario
- Sea Region
- The northbound entrance range for the Welland Canal, situated on the east side of the Canal in Port Colborne, Ontario, guiding ships between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
- Latitude
- 42.8819°
- Longitude
- -79.2461°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 13.5m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- orange with a black vertical stripe (daymark)
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a trapezoidal dayark colored orange with a black vertical stripe
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Port Colborne(0.8 km)
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Canada، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.