45°38'57.8''N    61°24'59.6''W    Google Map

Balache Point Range Light, near the Canso Causeway c. 1995
© Courtesy Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Balache Point Range Light, near the Canso Causeway c. 1995

The Front Range Light, established in 1963, was replaced by a skeleton tower in 1991. We do not have an image of the tapered square wood tower, white, with a red stripe and red lantern, so there is no link to it.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Kathy Brown

Balache Point Rear Range Light   Specs at a glance...
Body of WaterStrait of Canso
CountyInverness
RegionCape Breton Island
Scenic DriveCeilidh Trail
Tower Height022ft
Height Above Water046ft
CharacteristicFixed Yellow (1990)
Still standing:True
Still operating:True