Panmure Head Lighthouse
In French: Phare de Panmure Head
Lighthouse Road, Three Rivers
About Panmure Head Lighthouse
In Three Rivers, Panmure Head Lighthouse is the designated heritage lighthouse. Panmure Head Lighthouse went up in 1853.
The Panmure Head Lighthouse is a 17.7 metres (58 feet) octagonal, tapered, wooden tower surmounted by a twelvesided, cast-iron lantern. It is located at the north end of a sandy beach on Panmure Island and marks the entrance to Georgetown Harbour on the east coast of Prince Edward Island.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Panmure Head Lighthouse · Open Government Licence – Canada · as published, word for word
The Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act designates lighthouses of heritage value.
Finding Panmure Head Lighthouse
Three Rivers
No second historic place is close enough here to make a walk of it.
Questions about Panmure Head Lighthouse
Can you visit Panmure Head Lighthouse?
From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.
Is Panmure Head Lighthouse protected?
Yes: the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act limits changes to it.
When was Panmure Head Lighthouse built?
Its register puts the building of Panmure Head Lighthouse at 1853.
What is Panmure Head Lighthouse?
Panmure Head Lighthouse is a Heritage Lighthouse of Canada, designated in 2015.
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