Cape Mudge Lighthouse
In French: Phare de Cape Mudge
Lighthouse Road, Electoral Area C, Strathcona
About Cape Mudge Lighthouse
In Electoral Area C, Strathcona, Cape Mudge Lighthouse is the designated heritage lighthouse. Cape Mudge Lighthouse went up in 1916.
The Cape Mudge Lighthouse is a 12-metre (40 feet) tall tapered, octagonal, reinforced-concrete tower surmounted by an octagonal lantern. The lighthouse is located on the southwestern-most coast of Quadra Island. Constructed in 1916, it is the second lighthouse on the site, having replaced the original lighthouse built in 1898. It marks the southern entrance of the Discovery Passage for passing commercial and recreational vessels.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Cape Mudge Lighthouse · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
Heritage lighthouses were designated under federal law from 2008.
Finding Cape Mudge Lighthouse
Electoral Area C, Strathcona
No second historic place is close enough here to make a walk of it.
Questions about Cape Mudge Lighthouse
What is Cape Mudge Lighthouse?
Cape Mudge Lighthouse is a Heritage Lighthouse of Canada, designated in 2015.
When was Cape Mudge Lighthouse built?
By its record, Cape Mudge Lighthouse dates from 1916.
Is Cape Mudge Lighthouse protected?
Its designation under the federal lighthouse act protects it.
Can you visit Cape Mudge Lighthouse?
From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.
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