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Name: Ile aux Grues Light  

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Also known as: Crane Island Light

Nearest Town or City:
Montmagny, Quebec, Canada

Location: Island off the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, east of Quebec City.

Notes:
This lighthouse no longer exists -- it was replaced by a skeleton tower.

Tower Height: 48

Height of Focal Plane: 48

Characteristic and Range: 5-second flash followed by a 5-second eclipse; range: 15 miles (1902).

Description of Tower: White, octagonal wooden tower with a red iron lantern.

This light is not operational

Earlier Towers?
Rebuilt 1885.

Date Established: 1862

Date Deactivated: 1958

Current Use: Destroyed.


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