White Point (Indian Tickle)

Canada

The lighthouse was built in 1905 at White Point to mark the NW entrance to Indian Tickle, a passage that runs between Indian Island and the Labrador mainland. According to the Notice to Mariners, a 4th order Dioptric occulting white light, with alternate periods of 7 seconds light and 3 seconds dark was to be exhibited from a square wooden tower, with sloping sides. The light was 72 ½ feet above sea level and expect to be visible at a distance of 12 miles. The height was to be from high water to the tower base 48 feet and from tower base to vane 29 feet. A flat roofed one story dwelling and a store house was erected on the northern side of tower and was painted white.

According to the annual List of Lights, the characteristic of the light was changed to a flashing white light with a period of two seconds in 1933, and the following year, the light was listed as unwatched. In 2021, a square, skeletal tower, with a red-and-white rectangular daymark was displaying a flashing white light with a period of six seconds.

The lightkeepers were William Bradbury between 1905 and 1908 and Samuel Norman between 1909 and at least 1912.

Manufacture Date 1905
Lighthouse Construction 1905
Country Canada
Commissioning Body Unknown
Lens Order 4th order
Lens Type Fixed
Status publish
Light Character White flash every 6 seconds
Lighthouse Markings White skeleton tower with a red and white rectangular daymark
Management Body Ports Authority Canadian Coast Guards
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability
Open Status (Site) Closed
Open Status (Tower) Closed
Coordinates 53.577352,-56.025278
Other CCG N-282; ARLHS CAN-1360; Admiralty H0082; NGA 0924.

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