Cascumpeque Light

Lighthouse in Prince Edward Island, Canada

46°47′56″N 64°02′13″W / 46.799°N 64.0369°W / 46.799; -64.0369Established1854

1876 lighthouse

Constructed1876

Height15 m (49 ft)

Shapesquare tower with balcony and lantern attached to a two-story keeper's houseMarkingswhite tower, red lantern and trimDeactivated1968

1968 lighthouse

Constructed1968

Height17 m (56 ft)

Shapeskeletal tower with central wooden covered staircaseMarkingswhite tower with horizontal red bands, red lanternDeactivated2004

The Cascumpeque Light is a deactivated lighthouse on the western north coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The station was established in 1856 and the lighthouse itself was built in 1899.^[1]^[2]

History

A petition to the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island was presented in order to build a lighthouse at Cascumpec Harbour in 1848 followed by another in 1853. The lighthouse was built on Sandy Island, at the entrance of the harbour, and became active the following year. In 1876 was built a new lighthouse because the previous was decayed by age; the white tower was 12.5 metres (41 ft) high and a front range tower was built no far toward the shore in order to indicate the channel. In October 1879 a gale damaged heavily the tower particularly at the foundation.

The area underwent to various works to fight the shore erosion and in 1899 the lighthouse was relocated toward south in a protected place. In 1901 two open towers, with enclosed lantern, replaced the lighthouse. A new light was built in October 1968, it was a skeletal tower with balcony, lantern and a central staircase covered by a wooden structure painted with white and red stripes. In 1999 the lighthouse was degraded and in 2004 the winter storms damaged the place so that the Canadian Coast Guard decided to deactivate the light and to dismantle the tower.^[2]

Keepers

Prospere Gallant 1853–1863
William Hubbard 1864–1867
Asa McCabe 1867–1879
Mrs. Asa McCabe 1879–1880
John McCabe 1880–1894
F. J. Cahill 1894–1897
James C. Tuplin 1897–1912
D. Fraser 1912–1913
William H. Mallet 1913–1944
Justin F. Mallett 1943–1944
Maurice Perry (1944),
Wilfred Richard Gaudin 1944–1967^[2]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Prince Edward Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cascumpeque Light Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Lighthouse Friends