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Date(s) de construction
1901/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2024/02/20
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Annandale Rear Range Light is a square tapered, wood-shingled tower on a wood foundation located on Banks Point overlooking Boughton Bay in the rural community of Annandale, Prince Edward Island. It has a distinctive red painted vertical daymark.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Annandale Rear Range Light is valued for its association with the marine and navigational history of the area, and for its contribution to the landscape of Annandale, Prince Edward Island as an iconic visual landmark.
The range light was originally constructed in 1898, but following a 1901 gale which toppled it, it was re-constructed closer to the Annandale Front Range Light. The only one of its type in the province, the range light has had few changes over the years other than its enclosure in 1905 and re-shingling in 1988. Located on the north shore of the Grand River, the square tapered tower had a wood post foundation and heavy metal anchoring cables (on all sides from the upper part of the tower to the ground) with a base of 6.8m which tapers to 1.68m. The tower itself stands at 19.8m making it the tallest range light on the Island. It has a fixed white catoptric light at a focal plane of 22m above the high water mark. Like most range lights of this style, the interior is unfinished but consists of narrow, steep stairs with small platforms rather than floor divisions.
The lighthouse has recently been moved back from the bank and re-clad. In 2020 the lighthouse was designated under the federal Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, and members of the Norton family formed Annandale Lighthouse Inc., a non-profit which maintains and celebrates the history of the lighthouse. Video footage of the lighthouse is found here.
The 1990 Annandale Front Range Light is located nearby as is the 1898 former Annandale Front Range Light which was decommissioned in 1990, and is now privately owned.
The Annandale Rear Range Light continues to be an important visual and cultural landmark in its community.
Source: Heritage Places files, Department of Economic Growth, Tourism & Culture, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
File #: 4310-20/A52
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the range light is shown in the following character-defining elements:
- the massing and height of the range light
- the white painted wood shingle cladding
- the wood post foundation
- the square wooden lantern
- the unfinished interior with steep stairs
- the red vertical daymark on the upper two-thirds of the tower
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Loi habilitante
Heritage Places Protection Act
Type de reconnaissance
Endroit historique inscrit au répertoire
Date de reconnaissance
2012/07/12
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Transport maritime
- Phare ou aide à la navigation
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Source: Heritage Places files, Department of Economic Growth, Tourism & Culture, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
File #: 4310-20/A52
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
4310-20/A52
Statut
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