|Lobster Cove Head, NF| Description: Lobster Cove Head marks the
northern side of the entrance to Boone Bay. A few kilometres
inside the entrance, the bay separates into two fjords: the East
Arm and the South Arm. The East Arm is by far the deepest and is
practically surrounded by Gros Morne National Park, while the
South Arm has a few settlements, including Woody Point, along
its western shore. Inspector J.T. Nevill selected Lobster Cove
Head in 1889 as one of four new lighthouse sites along the west
coast of Newfoundland. Four years later, an iron tower was
ordered from Victoria Iron Works of St. John’s, and the lantern
and illuminating apparatus was ordered from Chance Brothers of
Birmingham, England. In 1894, the lantern and apparatus arrived,
but the light was not activated until the spring of 1898, when
the necessary buildings had been constructed. A kerosene vapour
lamp was situated inside a fifth-order dioptric lens, which made
twelve revolutions per minute to produce a flash every 2.5
seconds. The ro