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Fort Amherst Lighthouse

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Fort Amherst Lighthouse
Fort Amherst Lighthouse
Map
LocationFort Amherst, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates47°33′48.68″N 52°40′49.52″W / 47.5635222°N 52.6804222°W / 47.5635222; -52.6804222
Tower
Constructed1951
FoundationConcrete emplacement
ConstructionWood
Heritageheritage lighthouse Edit this on Wikidata
Light
CharacteristicFl W 15s Edit this on Wikidata

Fort Amherst Lighthouse, also known as the Fort Amherst Light, is a lighthouse in Fort Amherst, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The first lighthouse at Fort Amherst was established in 1813, with the current lighthouse (built in 1951) being the third to stand at the site.[1] The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1982 and declared a heritage site in 2014.[2] It is currently protected and the buildings around the lighthouse are owned by the family of a former keeper.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Fort Amherst Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. ^ "Fort Amherst Lighthouse". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-20.