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Beacons are fires lit on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at sea, or for signalling over land
that enemy troops are approaching, and alerting the defence. In the latter form, beacons are an ancient form of optical telegraph and always used in relay leagues.
In modern technical parlance, a beacon can also be a radio transmitter
used for navigation.
Beacons have often been abused by pirates. A fire at a wrong position was used to
direct a ship against cliffs or beaches, so the
cargo could be looted after the ship sank or ran aground.
See also Emergency position-indicating rescue beacon.
Beacon is the name of some places in Canada:
- Beacon
Corner, Alberta
- Beaconia,
Manitoba
- Beacon
Heights, Ontario
- Beacon Hill North, Ontario
- Beacon Hill South, Ontario
- Beaconwood,
Ontario
- Le Beacon,
Quebec
- Border
Beacon, Quebec
- Beacon Hill, Saskatchewan
Beacon is the name of some places in the UK,
including:
Beacon is also the name (or part of the name) of some places in the United States of America:
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