Designated Heritage Lighthouses
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Rocky Point
Location: Harbour Breton, NL
The Rocky Point Lighthouse is a 9.1 metre tall, round, cylindrical, prefabricated cast-iron tower surmounted by a lantern of triangular-paned design. Constructed in 1881, the lighthouse is the second on the site and is the oldest existing lighthouse on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.
St. Jacques Island
Location: St. Jacques-Commb’s Cove, NL
The St. Jacques Island Lighthouse, also known as the Fortune Bay Lighthouse, is a 12 metre (39 foot) white, cylindrical, cast-iron tower built in 1908. Its spectacular setting on a steep 30-metre cliff, and the lack of vegetation surrounding it, make the lighthouse highly visible from all around the bay.
Heart’s Content
Location: Heart's Content, NL
The Heart’s Content Lighthouse is a 9.1-metres (30-foot) cylindrical cast iron tower. Built in 1901, it is located on the north point of the natural harbour that makes up the town of Heart’s Content, on the eastern side of Trinity Bay. Built when Newfoundland was still a British colony, the lighthouse’s prefabricated cast-iron construction illustrates the theme of growing industrialization around the turn of the 20th century, of which Britain was a world leader. The Heart’s Content Lighthouse is a symbol of the community, held in high esteem by the citizens of the town.
Sand Point
Location: Sand Point, Kingston Peninsula, NB
Built in 1898, the Sand Point Lighthouse is a square, tapered wooden tower with a square lantern room, mounted on a two-tiered steel skeleton tower and four concrete footings. The lighthouse is an excellent example of a leading light built for a remote, low-lying area by providing height and resistance to severe weather conditions and seasonal flooding.
Port Stanley Breakwater
Location: Port Stanley, ON
The Port Stanley Breakwater Lighthouse is a pyramidal reinforced concrete tower that measures 10 metres (33 feet). Built in 1911, the lighthouse is the second to be erected on the site. The lighthouse and Port Stanley are directly associated with the expansion of shipping activities and growing significance of the commercial fishery on Lake Erie, both of which became significant parts of the regional economy.
Snug Harbour Rear Range
Location: Township of Carling, ON
The Snug Harbour Rear Range Lighthouse is a one-and-a-half storey dwelling with a tapered tower rising from the centre of its roof. Built according to plans prepared by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, this distinctive lighthouse is a simple and elegant response to the combined functional requirements of a keeper’s dwelling and navigational light.
Gull Harbour (1898)
Location: Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, MB
The Gull Harbour (1898) Lighthouse is located on Hecla Island on a small spit of land projecting into Lake Winnipeg. It stood watch over the channel between Hecla Island and Black Island until it was replaced by a taller structure in 1926.
Gull Harbour (1926)
Location: Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park, MB
The Gull Harbour (1926) Lighthouse is located on Hecla Island on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba and is the second lighthouse on the site. Measuring 23.5 meters (77 feet), the lighthouse was built to guide vessels through the channel between Hecla Island and Black Island.
Pointe Mitis
Location: Métis-sur-Mer, QC
The Pointe Mitis Lighthouse is a 25 metres (82 feet) tall, hexagonal, reinforced concrete tower surmounted by a cylindrical iron lantern with its base supported by concrete buttresses. The lighthouse is an excellent example of the campaign by the post-Confederation government to improve the safety of maritime commerce by developing navigational aids.
Cap de la Tête au Chien
Location : Saint-Siméon, QC
The Cap de la Tête au Chien Lighthouse is an octagonal, reinforced concrete lighthouse built in 1909. With the help of lighthouses like the one at Cap de la Tête au Chien, the St. Lawrence River would serve as a major artery for economic development in Canada during the 20th and 21st centuries.
Cap de la Madeleine
Location : Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine, QC
The Cap de la Madeleine Lighthouse is a cylindrical reinforced concrete tower 17 metres (55 feet) tall, topped with a circular iron lantern and a dome roof. Built in 1908, it is one of the oldest examples of reinforced concrete lighthouses in Canada.
Île Verte
Location : Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, QC
The Île Verte Lighthouse is located on a rocky outcrop at the northeast tip of Île Verte, an island located in the St. Lawrence River. The lighthouse represented an important milestone in the development of interior timber trade routes, and has been directly linked to increased trade along the St. Lawrence River.
Cap au Saumon
Location: La Malbaie, QC
The Cap au Saumon Lighthouse is a 14-metres (46-foot) octagonal, tapered, reinforced-concrete lighthouse located on a dramatic bluff setting on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. It is easily visible to passing vessels in the Malbaie region. A light was first installed at Cap au Saumon in 1894, and the current lighthouse was built in 1955 as part of an effort to modernize aging light stations in the 1950s and 1960s.
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