PORT MEDWAY LIGHTHOUSE

Owned by the Region of Queens Municipality

For local information, go to Port Medway Lighthouse Park

Photo - © Kathy Brown
Port Medway Lighthouse, 2003
Medway Area Communities Association, recipient, Craig Harding Award for Lighthouse Preservation, 2003.

Location

PORT MEDWAY (BREAKWATER) - Light Details

• Light Type: Breakwater Light
• Location: In Lighthouse Park, Port Medway. Moved from its original location on fish company breakwater.
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1967
• Decommissioned: This light has been decommissioned.
• Began: 1899
• Year Lit: 1899
• Structure Type: Tapered square wood tower, white, red lantern
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1941)
• Tower Height: 033ft feet high.
• Light Height: 031ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1922 - 1941 - 7th order dioptric lens
• 1962 - 1965 - it would appear a new breakwater built, and tower maybe moved
• Discontinued in 1990, but left standing on fish company breakwater