Cape Bauld is a headland located at the northernmost point of Quirpon Island , an island just northeast of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .
5-547: Cape Bauld, slightly north and east of Cape Norman , delineates the eastern end of the Strait of Belle Isle . The English explorer John Cabot may have landed at Cape Bauld on June 24, 1497, though Cape Bonavista is also mentioned as a potential landing point. Cape Bauld is only some nine kilometers (5.6 miles) northeast of the verified Viking archeological site, the L'Anse aux Meadows coastal location, dating to five centuries earlier than Cabot's date of achievement. A lighthouse
10-503: Is a barren, limestone headland located at the northernmost point of insular Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Cape Norman first appeared on French maps as Cape Dordois , in 1713, and then as Cape Normand in 1744. Eventually, the name became anglicised to Cape Norman. The Canadian government built a wooden, hexagonal lighthouse at Cape Norman during the summer construction seasons of 1870 and 1871, and
15-601: The SS Montreal in July 1890, beginning a family tenure which lasted until the station was automated in 1992;Alvin Campbell, great-grandson of John Warren Campbell. Alvin Campbell son Warren Campbell took over as lighthouse keeper in 2002 to Present day 2023 at Cape Norman. 51°37′50″N 55°53′51″W / 51.63056°N 55.89750°W / 51.63056; -55.89750 This Newfoundland and Labrador location article
20-524: The lighthouse was lit for the first time on 1 October 1871. A local man, Henry Locke, was hired as lightkeeper. In 1890, following a shipwreck at Belle Isle the previous summer, a steam-operated fog alarm was installed at the Cape Norman. John Warren Campbell, a steam engineer from Pictou , Nova Scotia, was hired as lightkeeper and fog alarm engineer, replacing Henry Locke, who was superannuated at that point. John Warren Campbell arrived at Cape Norman on board
25-430: Was constructed at the cape in 1884. The current lighthouse is the second replacement structure, constructed 1960–1961. The lightkeeper's residence is from 1920. 51°38′27″N 55°25′33″W / 51.64083°N 55.42583°W / 51.64083; -55.42583 This Newfoundland and Labrador location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cape Norman Cape Norman
#858141