Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland and Labrador

Green Island (in French: Île verte) is a rocky island near the mouth of Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. It is located about 10 km (6 mi) west of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland near Point May, and 10 km (6 mi) east of St. Pierre in the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[2]

See also: Green Island (Catalina), Newfoundland

Location of Green Island between Newfoundland and Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Green Island Lighthouse
LocationGreen Island (Fortune), Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Coordinates46°52′48″N 56°05′07″W
Tower
Constructed1908 (first)
1955 (second)
Constructioncast iron tower (first)
skeletal tower (second and current)
Height6.7 m (22 ft) 
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (first)
square frustum tower (second and current)[1]
Markingsred tower (first)
red lantern (current)
OperatorCanadian Coast Guard 
Light
First lit1993 (current)
Focal height45.4 m (149 ft) 
Range15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi) 
CharacteristicFl W 10s 

In Article XIII of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713),[3] France acknowledged British ownership of Newfoundland and its adjacent islands, of which Green Island is one.

Green Island Lighthouse

The first lighthouse was built on Green Island in 1908. It was replaced in 1955 with an aluminium skeletal tower, and this was replaced with the present structure in 1993. Its light flashes every 10 seconds and is visible for 16 nmi (30 km). The foghorn sounds every 60 seconds as well.

Point (5) The low water mark on the west point of the south-westernmost island of the Little Green Island group. Latitude 46° 51' 36" N., Longitude 56° 05' 58" W. approximately.

See also

References
  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Southeastern Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. "St. Pierre et Miquelon: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage". Archived from the original on 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
  3. Peace and Friendship Treaty of Utrecht between France and Great Britain . 1713 – via Wikisource.


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