Cape Forchu
Cape Forchu is a Canadian fishing community and headland of the same name in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Forchu Lighthouse and Bunker Island lighthouse.
Cape Forchu Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Bunker Island
Island
Bunker Island is a tidal island located in Yarmouth Harbour in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. It contains a lighthouse which is nicknamed Bug Light by the locals. In the past, it also contained Irving oil tanks and a wharf. The tanks were removed in 2017.
Cape Forchu
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.80689° or 43° 48′ 25″ north
Longitude
-66.16151° or 66° 9′ 41″ west
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
87MMRR4Q+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
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