Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland and Labrador


Green Island is a rocky island near the mouth of Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. It is located about west of the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland and east of Langlade Island in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
In Article XIII of the Treaty of Utrecht, 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. The foghorn sounds every 60 seconds as well.

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