In 1907, the following Notice to Mariners advertised the establishment of a new pair of range lights on the northeast end of Île d'Orléans:

Range lighthouses erected by the Government of Canada on the ‘Domaine,’ at the eastern end of Orleans island, will be put in operation on the opening of navigation in 1908. The lighthouse towers are wooden structures, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by square wooden lanterns, the whole painted white. Each lighthouse is 32 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern. The lights are fixed white catoptric lights, visible in the line of range and in the channel.

The front tower stands on the north shore of Orleans island, two-fifths of a mile eastward of Riviere du Moulin. The light is elevated 38 feet above high water mark and visible 11 miles.

The back tower stands on the crest of the hill, 2,573 feet S. 65 ½° W. from the front tower. The light is elevated 122 feet above high water mark, and should be visible 17 miles.

The lights in one, bearing S. 65 ½° W., lead up from the intersection of their alignment with that of the Cap Brulé range lights to the intersection of their alignment with that of the Ste. Anne de Beaupré range lights.

Day’s labour, under the supervision of the Quebec agency, erected the range towers at a cost of $1,713.40. On May 30, 1908, Edward Guerard was appointed keeper of the front light and Xavier Emond was appointed keeper of the rear light both at an annual salary of $80.

Around 1957, square, skeletal towers replaced the wooden towers used for Domaine Range. The new front tower had a white, diamond-shaped, slatted daymark, and the rear tower a white, square-shaped, slatted daymark. Light Lists show Domaine Range was active as late as 2011, but the range is no longer active now.

Keepers:

• Front: Edward Guerard (1908 – 1911), Napoleon Gagnon (1912 – at least 1923).
• Rear: Xavier Emond (1908 – 1920), P. Emond (1920 – at least 1923).

References

1. Annual Report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, various years.

No lights exist at this location today.

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