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Designated Heritage Lighthouses

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Gillis Point Lighthouse, Black Rock Point Lighthouse, and Green Point Lighthouse are three newly designated heritage lighthouses. They are located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and at Bay Roberts Harbour, in the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador.


Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act: Program Results and a Course for the future

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The Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act is designed to conserve and protect federally-owned lighthouses that have significant heritage value. To date, 95 lighthouses have been designated and protected under the Act, and many others will be designated in the months and years to come.


Government of Canada Announces New Heritage Lighthouse Designations

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Today, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, along with Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, continue to preserve heritage lighthouses across Canada with three more designations of heritage lighthouses. With these new designations, a total of 95 lighthouses in eight provinces have now been protected under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act – and more designations will follow.


Cunningham v. Tomey Homma

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In 1900-03, prominent Japanese Canadian Tomekichi “Tomey” Homma fought a landmark legal battle against a provision of the British Columbia Provincial Elections Act, which barred Asian Canadians and First Nations from voting.


Government of Canada Commemorates Cunningham v. Tomey Homma as a National Historic Event

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Today, John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale — Langley City, on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, commemorated the landmark legal case, Cunningham v. Tomey Homma, as a national historic event with the unveiling of a HSMBC plaque.


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2025-12-23