FHBRO # 90-115

LOL # 973

BUILT 1902

POSITION 45 56 54.5 N 62 45 04.1 W at the outer end of the ferry terminal at Wood Islands.

LIGHT Fixed yellow light visible in range line.

FOCAL POINT 11.4 m (37.4 ft)

TOWER HEIGHT 5.7 m (18.7 ft)

NOMINAL RANGE 9.6 km (6 miles)

The front range light, like the back range light, was modeled after the Bras d’Or, Nova Scotia, and Stribling, Ontario, lights on the recommendation of W. Anderson, Chief Engineer of Marine and Fisheries at the time. It was built by M. Walsh. It is a wooden tower clad in cedar shingles, painted white with red trim, with a red vertical stripe on the range line. The front range light was originally very similar to the Port Borden Front Range though shorter. At one time, the range light was not much more than an enclosed frame surmounted by a square lantern. It later acquired a slope-walled attached shed and a gable roof over its door which is now blocked in. It is believed that the range light was moved about 1940 when construction of the ferry terminal at Wood Islands began.