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Cap Gaspé Lighthouse

Gaspé, CA

Cap Gaspé Lighthouse

Standing atop seaside bluffs that loom 95 metres (310 feet) over the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Cap-Gaspé Lighthouse marks the final "land's end" of the Gaspé Peninsula. Built to ward incoming ships away from '''Flowerpot Rock''', a reef located just off the south shore of the cape, the current Cap-Gaspé

Lighthouse is the third to stand on the site: built in 1950 to replace a shorter wood-frame structure that collapsed four years earlier, which in turn was a replacement for the original 1873 lighthouse that was lost to fire. Today, the lighthouse is fully automated and run on solar power, and accessible on foot or by bike.

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