Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scott's New Coast Pilot for the Lakes [7th ed. rev.], 1904-1908, Additions and alternations, 1908

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SCOTT'S NEW COAST PILOT. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS. CORRECTED TO THE OPENING OF NAVIGATION, 1908. ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. BURNT ISLAND STATION.--The wooden lighthouse at this station has been taken down and replaced by a gas-lighted beacon erected on the same site. The beacon consists of a cylindrical steel gas holder, painted white, surmounted by a red pyramidal steel frame supporting a lantern. The height of the structure from its base to the top of the lantern is 33 feet. The light shown is a fixed white light, elevated 70 feet above high water mark, and should be visible 5 miles. The illuminant is acetylene. The light is unwatched. : BROCKVILLE NARROWS, EAST END.--Red gas buoy, showing a white light, automatically occulted at short intervals off the southeast end of the easternmost island of Brock Group, COLE SHOAL.--Red gas buoy showing a red light automatically occulted at short intervals, in 18 feet of water, on the south side of the 15-foot patch 2-5 mile above Cole Shoal Light-house. COLD BATH SHOAL.--Red steel spar. gas buoy in 14 feet of " water. At the east end of Cold Bath Shoal, the middle ground between the southwest end of Howe Island and Oak Point. The light is an occulting red light, 13 feet above water. The illuminant is acetylene. PRESCOTT BEACON.--A gas-lighted beacon has been established on the outer end of the east pier, Dominion Lighthouse Depot, Prescott. The beacon consists of a white steel skeleton structure, surmounted by a lens lantern. The beacon is 23 feet high. The light is a fixed red light, elevated 25 feet above the level of the river, and should be -visible 6 miles from all points of approach. The illuminant is acetylene.

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