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Cape Bauld

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A lighthouse was constructed at the cape in 1884. The current lighthouse is the second replacement structure, constructed 1960–1961. The lightkeeper's residence is from 1920.
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is also mentioned as a potential landing point. Cape Bauld is only some nine kilometers (5.6 miles) northeast of the verified Viking archeological site, the
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coastal location, dating to five centuries earlier than Cabot's date of achievement.
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octagonal truncated tower with balcony and lantern (current)
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may have landed at Cape Bauld on June 24, 1497, though
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United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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recognized federal heritage building of Canada 
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Cape Bauld is located in Newfoundland
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Quirpon Island
Great Northern Peninsula
Newfoundland
Canadian
Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape Norman
Strait of Belle Isle
English
John Cabot
Cape Bonavista
L'Anse aux Meadows

Quirpon Island
Newfoundland
Canada
Coordinates
51°36′24.4″N 55°25′38.4″W / 51.606778°N 55.427333°W / 51.606778; -55.427333
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Characteristic
List of lighthouses in Canada
Henri de Miffonis
"Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Newfoundland"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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
List of Lights
United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Cape Bauld, NF
"Cape Bauld Light Tower"

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