Point Lepreau is a cape in southwestern

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. It is at the southern tip of a peninsula that extends into the

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. This peninsula contains the boundary between

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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

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. The

Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located 2 km northeast of Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, Canada. The facility was constructed between 1975 and 1983 by NB Power, the provincially owned public utility. T ...

in Saint John County is a

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nuclear reactor operated by

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approximately northeast from the point.

Point Lepreau Lighthouse

The point hosts a light station owned by the

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and managed by

.Point Lepreau, NB
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