Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Long Point Lighthouse





Long Point Lighthouse

Long Point Lighthouse is located in Crow Head, Twillingate and may be one of the most photographed lighthouses in Newfoundland and Labrador. Thousands of visitors come to the lookout near the lighthouse to see and photograph icebergs and whales, and many of those make images of the lighthouse..

The last time I visited this lighthouse in August, 2004), they were just putting the finishing touches on the paint job. In the first photo you can see four people painting near the top of the structure. The building attached to the lighthouse had the paint scraped off and I assume they were planning to paint it later.

This lighthouse is the only one I've seen that has a wooden structure built into the base of the concrete tower. If anyone knows the purpose of this, feel free to let me know.

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