Tallest Lighthouse in Canada

At 34 metres, this lighthouse at Cap Madeleine, Gaspesie, Quebec is the tallest in the country.

July 7th 2007
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23rd December 2014

Bill Miller
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caption is wrong
This lighthouse is in Cap des Rosiers, not Cap Madeleine.

MacCallumWorldTrek
Bill & Sue MacCallum

You may be right
.... I'll look into it. Have you been there recently?

27th December 2014

I'm definitely right.
I was there as recently as last week. Plus I've lived my whole life a half hour away from there. Actually the lighthouse has been in the news of late...federal government won't pay to maintain any of them anymore. Locals want to raise funds to do needed structural repairs and preserve it.

Thanks
I had a look at the pictures of the two lighthouses and you are right. Interestingly though I am not the only one to make that mistake - here's someone else for you to correct! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/303570831102249469/

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