Wrights Rear Range Lighthouse – Canada.ca
Name: Wrights Rear Range Lighthouse
Established: 1894
Constructed: 1894
Location: Victoria, Prince Edward Island
Wrights Rear Range Lighthouse is a 9.75 metre (32 feet) wooden square-tapered tower designed to guide vessels into Victoria Harbour from the Northumberland Strait. The lighthouse is located in a mixed residential/agricultural area at the end of Beach Light Road, 1.25 kilometres west-southwest of Victoria, Prince Edward Island. The lighthouse was built in 1894 and is one of a pair of Wrights Range lighthouses and one of six range lighthouses near Victoria Harbour, all dating from the mid-to-late 19th century. It stands as an example of the second generation of lighthouses built in PEI in the era after Confederation. It supported Victoria Harbour’s role as a key shipping outlet for the southwestern part of the island.
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