ONTARIO LIGHTHOUSES

ONTARIO LIGHTHOUSES

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Badgeley Island, North Channel. Established 1912; automated 1965; dynomited 1981.

Blind River, North Channel. Established 1900; range lights move 1905.

Boyd Island, North Channel. Established 1885; abandoned before 1955; destroyed 1960s.

Brebeuf Island (Gin Rock), Georgian Bay. Established 1878; moved to Brebeuf automated 1862.

Bruce Mines, North Channel. Established 1902; destaffed 19XX.

Burlington Bay, Lake Ontario. Established 1826; destaffed 1961.

The Bustards, Georgian Bay. Both towers established 1875; both towers rebuilt 1893; destaffed 1953; dwelling burned 1914, rebuilt 1916, destroyed 1965.

Byng Inlet Range, Georgian Bay. Established 1890; replaced 1936; destaffed 1989.

Cabot Head, Georgian Bay. Established 1896; destaffed 1988.

Cape Croker, Georgian Bay. Established 1902; destaffed 1986.

Cape Robert, Manitoulin Island. Established 1885; destroyed 1950s.

Christian Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1857; destaffed 1922.

Clapperton Island, North Channel. Established 1866; rebuilt ca1914; rebuilt ca1948; destaffed 1964.

Collingwood, Georgian Bay. Established 1858; destaffed 1959.

Coppermine Point, Lake Superior. Established 1XXX; relocated 19XX; destaffed 19XX.

Cove Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1858; additional dwellings buit 1950s and 1960s; destaffed 1991.

Flowerpot Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1897; destaffed 1987.

French River Inner Range Lights, Georgian Bay. Front Range Established 1875; Back Range Established 1875; both destaffed 1935.

Gereaux Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1870; tower and dwelling 1880; destaffed 1989.

Giants Tomb, Georgian Bay. Established 1892; automated 1939; blown up after 1967.

Gibralter Point, Lake Ontario. Established 1808; destaffed/replaced by small tower 1958).

Gore Bay, Manitoulin Island. Established ca1931; automated ca1956.

Great Duck Island, North Channel. Established 1877; new tower built 1918; destaffed 1972.

Griffith Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1858; destaffed 1924.

Hope Island, Lake Erie. Established 1884; destaffed 1987.

Janet Head, North Channel. Established 1879; destaffed 1955.

Jones Island, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. Established 1894; destaffed 1907.

Kagawong, Manitoulin Island. Established ca1880; destaffed ca1960s.

Killarney East, Georgian Bay. Established 1866; rebuilt 1909; destaffed 1982.

Killarney West, Partridge Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1866; rebuilt 1909; destaffed 1982.

Kincardine, Lake Huron. Established 1881; destaffed 1970; converted to museum 1980.

Lion’s Head, Georgian Bay. Established 1903 (pole light); tower 1911; demolished 1969.

Little Current, Spider Island. Established 1866; destaffed ca1920.

Lonely Island, North Channel. Established 1870; burned; rebuilt ca1907; destaffed ca1986.

Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island. Established 1885; destaffed 1964.

McKay Island, North Channel. Established 1907; destaffed 1953.

Meaford, Georgian Bay. Established 1877; discontinued 1988.

Michael’s Bay, North Channel. Established 1870; discontinued 1899; continued 1901; discontinued 1909.

Midland, Georgian Bay. Established 1901; unwatched.

Midland Point, Georgian Bay. Established 1900; replaced by daymarks 1912; moved to Turning Rock ca1915; destaffed 1949.

Mississagi, Manitoulin Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1873; burned August 1948; destaffed 1940s; museum 198X.

Mississagi Strait, Manitoulin Island. Established 1873; destaffed 1970.

Narrow Island (Rabbit Island), North Channel. Established 1890; automated 1958; demolished and relaced by metal beacon 1979.

Nottawasaga, Georgian Bay. Established 1858; automated 1959; destaffed 1983.

Old Thames River, Lake St. Clair. Established ca1818; destaffed 1966; restored 1973.

Owen Sound, Georgian Bay. Established 1880; destaffed 1949.

Penetanguishene, Georgian Bay. Established 1877; destaffed 1916.

Point Abino, Lake Erie. Established 1917; destaffed 1967?; declared a National Historic Site 1967.

Point Clark, Lake Huron. Established 1855; destaffed 1987.

Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay. Established 1889; destaffed 1983.

Port Burwell, Lake Erie. Established 1840; destaffed 1939?; given title as “historic structure” April 1965; foundation restructured and main beams replaced 1986-1987.

Presqu’ile, Georgian Bay. Established 1873; discontinued 1910.

Providence Bay, North Channel. Established 1904; burned and replaced 1973; destaffed 1973.

Red Rock, Old Tower Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1870; destroyed in storm ca1880.

Red Rock, Red Rock Island, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. Established 1881; replaced 1911; destaffed 1977.

Salmon Point (Wicked Point Lighthouse), Lake Ontario. Established 1871; destaffed 1917.

Snug Harbour, Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. Established 1894; destaffed 1977.

South Baymouth, North Channel. Established 1898; destaffed 1950s; altered 1986.

Spruce Shoal, Georgian Bay. Established August 1907; unwatched; abandoned ca1955.

Strawberry Island, North Channel. Established 1881; destaffed 1963; altered 1984.

Sulphur Island, North Channel. Established 1869; rebuilt 1906; destaffed 1955.

Thessalon, North Channel. Established 1898; automated 1952; discontinued 1960; skeleton tower 1970.

Thornbury, Georgian Bay. Established 1887; destaffed 1949.

Thunder Bay, Lake Superior. Established 1868; new lighthouse built 1937; destaffed 19XX.

Tobermory, Georgian Bay. Established 1881; destaffed 1952.

Turning Rock, Georgian Bay. Moved from Midland Point ca1915; unwatched.

Victoria Harbour, Georgian Bay. Established 1910; destaffed 1949.

The Westerns, Western Islands, Georgian Bay. Established 1895; destaffed 1967.

West Sister Rock, North Channel. Established 1885 on North Sister Rock; moved 1905; destaffed 1949.

Windmill Point, Lake Ontario. Built as windmill 1820; established as lighthouse 1872; destaffed 1978. National Historic Site.

Whiskey Island, Georgian Bay. Established 1882; struck by lightening and repaired 1894; destaffed 1916.

SOURCES

Gutsche, Andrea; Chisholm, Barbara; Floren, Russell. Alone In The Night: Lighthouses of Georgian Bay, Manitoulin Island and the North Channel, Lynx Images Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-9698-4275-9. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Wright, Larry; Wright, Patricia. Bonfires & Beacons: Great Lakes Lighthouses, Boston Mills Press 132 Main Street, Erin ON, N0B 1T0, 1996. ISBN 1-5504-6185-0.

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