Keppel Island Lighthouse, Port Saunders, NL

            Excerpt from lighthousefriends.com:

When Captain James Cook charted the western shore of Newfoundland in 1766, he named Keppel Island after August Keppel, a member of the British House of Commons who would later become First Lord of the Admiralty. 
As Keppel Island marks the southern side of the entrance to Port Saunders and the northern side of the entrance to Hawke’s Bay, it is not surprising that a lighthouse was erected on the island in 1901. This tower, a square, wooden, pyramidal structure topped by an octagonal lantern remains standing today, though its function was taken over by a modern skeletal tower in 1992. 

The historic tower, which is painted with red and white horizontal bands, originally exhibited a fixed white sixth-order dioptric light at a height of 32.6 metres (107 feet) above high water.

The original kerosene light used in Keppel Island Lighthouse was changed in 1931 to a flashing white light fueled by acetylene gas. 

In 1957, a keeper's dwelling was built along with a fog alarm building, a storage building at the landing wharf, and a storage building near the lighthouse. A type 'F' diaphone fog alarm, operated on compressed air produce by an oil engine, commenced operation in September 1958. 

A second dwelling was built to house an assistant keeper in 1969, and in 1976 an electronic fog signal replaced the diaphone horn, and the light was converted to diesel generated electricity. The station was staffed until 1989, and a new fully-automated light was erected in 1992. 

The town of Port Saunders owns all the buildings at the station, except the modern skeletal tower, and initially planned to develop the site for tourism. The plans were apparently abandoned as in 2013, the two keeper's dwellings, three sheds, and five acres on Keppel Island were placed on the market for $250,000.

Taken in: Canada / Newfoundland & Labrador / Port Saunders (show map)

Taken on: June 6, 2019

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