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Cape St. Francis Lighthouse
Cape St. Francis Lighthouse is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape St. Francis Lighthouse
Cape St. Francis Lighthouse
Location in Newfoundland and Labrador
Location Cape St. Francis
Avalon Peninsula
Newfoundland
Canada
Coordinates 47°48′31.6″N 52°47′12.1″W / 47.808778°N 52.786694°W / 47.808778; -52.786694
Year first constructed 1877 (first)
Year first lit 1957 (current)
Construction concrete building
Tower shape lantern atop a 1-storey fog signal building
Markings / pattern white building with a broad vertical stripe
Height 3.3 metres (11 ft)
building height
Focal height 29 metres (95 ft)
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 5s.
Fog signal 1 blast every 30s.
Admiralty number H0468
CHS number CCG 499
NGA number 1844
ARLHS number CAN-835

The Headland of Cape St. Francis is outer extremity marking the boundary of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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