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[[Image:Port Borden Range Lights.jpg|thumb|300px|''Port Borden Front Range Light'' in 2009 - 50th trip]]
 
[[Image:Port Borden Range Lights1.jpg|thumb|300px|''Port Borden Rear Range Light'' in 2009 - 50th trip]]
[[Image:Port Borden Range Lights1.jpg|thumb|300px|''Port Borden Rear Range Light'' in 2009 - 50th trip]]
Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island
Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island
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Decommissioned: 1997
Decommissioned: 1997
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The front range light (top photo) is a 6.5 meter (22 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern. It has not been restored. Both lights were decommissioned with the completion of the Confederation Bridge and the abandonment of the ferry.
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The rear range light (top photo) is a 12 meter (35 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern, painted white, formerly with a red vertical stripe on the range line, but the stripe has been removed. The tower has been restored and moved to the Marine/Rail Historic Park just east of the Confederation Bridge near the former Port Borden ferry terminal.
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The rear range light (bottom photo) is a 12 meter (35 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern, painted white, formerly with a red vertical stripe on the range line, but the stripe has been removed. The tower has been restored and moved to the Marine/Rail Historic Park just east of the Confederation Bridge near the former Port Borden ferry terminal. <br clear=all>
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The front range light (bottom photo) is a 6.5 meter (22 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern. It has not been restored. Both lights were decommissioned with the completion of the Confederation Bridge and the abandonment of the ferry. <br clear=all>
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[[Image:Port Borden Range Lights.jpg|thumb|300px|''Port Borden Front Range Light'' in 2009 - 50th trip]]
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Port Borden Rear Range Light in 2009 - 50th trip
Port Borden Rear Range Light in 2009 - 50th trip

Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island

Built: 1917

Decommissioned: 1997

The rear range light (top photo) is a 12 meter (35 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern, painted white, formerly with a red vertical stripe on the range line, but the stripe has been removed. The tower has been restored and moved to the Marine/Rail Historic Park just east of the Confederation Bridge near the former Port Borden ferry terminal.

The front range light (bottom photo) is a 6.5 meter (22 foot) square pyramidal wood tower with square lantern. It has not been restored. Both lights were decommissioned with the completion of the Confederation Bridge and the abandonment of the ferry.

Port Borden Front Range Light in 2009 - 50th trip
Port Borden Front Range Light in 2009 - 50th trip

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