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Cape Mudge Lighthouse

Cape Mudge Lighthouse
Location	Quadra Island British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49°59′54.8″N 125°11′43.9″W / 49.998556°N 125.195528°W / 49.998556; -125.195528
Tower
Constructed	1898 (first)
Construction	concrete tower
Height	12 metres (39 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red balcony and lantern
Operator	Canadian Coast Guard
Heritage	heritage lighthouse
Light
First lit	1916 (current)
Focal height	17.5 metres (57 ft)
Range	13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	F WR

Cape Mudge Lighthouse is located on Quadra Island which is off Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Cape Mudge was named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792 after Zachary Mudge, who had served on HMS Discovery, and in 1796 on HMS Providence in this area.

Built in 1898, the original lighthouse was a wooden, two-storey building topped with a lantern on the roof. It later served as lighthouse assistant keeper's residence after the current lighthouse opened in 1916 and was demolished after 1949.

From 1936 to 1985, the Cape Mudge Lighthouse was part of the British Columbia Shore Station Oceanographic Program, collecting coastal water temperature and salinity measurements for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans everyday for 49 years.

See also

• List of lighthouses in British Columbia
• List of lighthouses in Canada

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southern British Columbia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
2. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
3. "Cape Mudge (Quadra Island) Lighthouse".
4. "British Columbia Lightstation Sea-Surface Temperature and Salinity Data (Pacific), 1914-present - Open Government Portal". open.canada.ca. Treasury Board of Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-11.

External links

• Official website

• Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard

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