Cape d'Or
Cape d’Or Lighthouse
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 Nova Scotia
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| Location | Caoe d’Or Advocate Nova Scotia Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°17′27.2″N 64°46′27.23″W / 45.290889°N 64.7742306°WCoordinates: 45°17′27.2″N 64°46′27.23″W / 45.290889°N 64.7742306°W |
| Year first constructed | 1874 (fog horn station) 1922 (first) |
| Year first lit | 1965 (current) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Tower shape | square prism tower with balcony and lantern attached at one corner fog signal building |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern |
| Height | 9 metres (30 ft) |
| Focal height | 24 metres (79 ft) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Characteristic | Fl W 9s. |
| Fog signal | 3 balsts every 60s. |
| Admiralty number | H3938 |
| CHS number | CCG 167 |
| NGA number | 10980 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-095 |
| Managing agent | Lighthouse at Cape d’Or |
Cape d'Or is a headland located near Advocate, Nova Scotia on the Bay of Fundy coast of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Cape d'Or is located in Cumberland County and is a continuation of the North Mountain tholeiitic basalt formation. The cape marks the north point of the entrance to the Minas Basin.
The cape is marked by dramatic 200 m (660 ft) cliffs on its western side and 30 m (98 ft) cliffs on its southern side overlooking treacherous tidal currents in the Minas Channel. A basalt reef extends from the Cape into the Bay of Fundy where it intersects the violent waters of the Dory Rips, a rip tide created by the collision of three strong tidal currents.
Cape d'Or was called L’mu’juiktuk by the Mi'kmaq, the native people of Nova Scotia. The cape was a centre of tool production and trade for the Mi'kmaq because of veins of hard dense rock such as chert which could be shaped to form sharp edges for tools and weapons. The Mi'kmaq also obtained copper from desposits in the basalt. An archaeological excavation near the lighthouses in 1980 found extensive native artifacts dated to about 2000 years ago.
The Cape was named by French explorers (Cape of Gold) because bright native copper deposits appeared golden. Samuel de Champlain explored the copper deposits at Cape d'Or in 1607 and bestowed the name Port of Mines on nearby Advocate Harbour to reflect the seams of copper ore at Cape d'Or. The French did not establish a mine at Cape d'Or as the massive cliffs and tides made the copper seams difficult to access but the name "Les Mines" became associated with the upper Bay of Fundy beyond Cape d'Or which became known as the "Baie des Mines", later Minas Basin, and the Acadian communities around the southern shore of the Minas Basin which became known as Les Mines.
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