Point Lepreau is a cape in southwestern
New Brunswick,
Canada.
It is at the southern tip of a peninsula that extends into the
Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy (french: Baie de Fundy) is a bay between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with a small portion touching the U.S. state of Maine. It is an arm of the Gulf of Maine. Its extremely high tidal range is the hi ...
. This peninsula contains the boundary between
Saint John County to the east and
Charlotte County to the west, although the southernmost tip at Point Lepreau is within Charlotte County.
Point Lepreau forms the eastern limit of
Maces Bay
Maces Bay is a community in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
History
Notable people
See also
*List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, ...
.
The
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station in Saint John County is a
CANDU
The CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) is a Canadian pressurized heavy-water reactor design used to generate electric power. The acronym refers to its deuterium oxide ( heavy water) moderator and its use of (originally, natural) uranium fuel. C ...
nuclear reactor operated by
NB Power approximately northeast from the point.
Point Lepreau Lighthouse
The point hosts a light station owned by the
Canadian Coast Guard and managed by
NB Power.
Point Lepreau, NB
Lighthouses Friends. Retrieved 21 February 2017
See also
* List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
* List of lighthouses in Canada
This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed ( ...
References
External links
Aids to Navigation
''Canadian Coast Guard''
Lepreau
Landforms of Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Lighthouses in New Brunswick
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