First Canal Lighthouse

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This file appears in: New Canal Coast Guard Station
First Canal Lighthouse

Located at the New Canal Lighthouse on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Coast Guard Station New Orleans was in operation from 1901. It was originally known as the New Canal Light Station. The station appears in the background.

Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard

This file appears in: New Canal Coast Guard Station

By Patrick Stephen
The US Coast Guard's lakefront station was once located at Spanish Fort. By the 1960s, the structure at Spanish Fort had sustained damage from many hurricanes and was in disrepair. The station then moved to the site of the New Canal Lighthouse…