Cow Head

Cow Head
Town
Cow Head

Location of Cow Head in Newfoundland

Coordinates: 49°55′00″N 57°48′00″W / 49.9167°N 57.8°W / 49.9167; -57.8Coordinates: 49°55′00″N 57°48′00″W / 49.9167°N 57.8°W / 49.9167; -57.8
Country  Canada
Province  Newfoundland and Labrador
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 475
Time zone Newfoundland Time (UTC-3:30)
 • Summer (DST) Newfoundland Daylight (UTC-2:30)
Area code(s) 709
Cow Head Lighthouse

Cow Head Lighthouse in 2013
Location Cow Head
Newfoundland
Canada
Coordinates 49°55′12.28″N 57°49′31.89″W / 49.9200778°N 57.8255250°W / 49.9200778; -57.8255250
Year first constructed 1905
Deactivated 1988
Foundation concrete base
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern, red trim
Height 5.5 metres (18 ft)
Focal height 43 metres (141 ft)
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic F W
ARLHS number CAN-680
Managing agent Town of Cow Head[2][3][4]

Cow Head is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 475 in the Canada 2011 Census.

The Dr. Henry N. Payne Community Museum (c. 1941) in Cow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[5]

An interesting geologic feature found at Cow Head is a section of the former continental margin of Laurentia which dipped into the Iapetus ocean[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Central and Western Newfoundland The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 February 2017
  3. ↑ Cow Head Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 15 February 2017
  4. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=3841 Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  6. ↑ "Origins" Ron Redfern page 79 ISBN 0 304 35403 1
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