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Lighthouse History
Built: 1887 Post lantern. The current tower first lit in 1933 Type: Square with out lantern Height: 34 ft Status: Active automated in 1963 Location: Browns Point Deactivated: Signal: Fog bell horn Lens: Original lens 375 mm. VRB 25 Keepers: Oscar V. Brown 1869-1946 and his wife Annie Brown 1869-1960 / Arthur woods 1940's / Cyril Beaulieu 1950's / Bob Deason until 1963 Notes: A lens lantern
post was established at the Point on December 12, 1887. Fog posed
a problem for shipping in the area, it would not be until 1903 that a wooden
tower with a fog bell and keepers house was built. The two story
tower had a light attached midway up its western side and the fog bell
was suspended under the gable roof. October 26,1903 was the
date the of the first lighting of the new tower.
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