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Scotch Bonnet Light

Canadian Coast Guard

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Nearest Town or City:Wellington Ontario Canada
Location:Scotch Bonnet Island, off the west shore of the Quinte Peninsula, Lake Ontario.
Managing Organization:Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:This tower has been gradually crumbling since it was discontinued and abandoned in 1959. According to a visitor to this site, the Canadian Coast Guard tried to pull the tower over sometime after 1959, causing much of the damage that can be seen today. Besides the remains of the tower, only two walls of the keeper's dwelling remain. An active skeleton tower stands close by.
Tower Height:54
Description Tower:Conical stone tower.
Operational:No
Date Established:1856
Date Present Tower Built:1856
Current Use:Abandoned.
Open To Public:No.
Characteristic Range:Fixed white, visible for 12 miles.
Date Automated:1912
Height Focal Plane:51
National Register:No
Keepers:John Gerow (Giroux ?) (1856-?), Henry Van Dusen (18??), Wilson Bentley (1868-1873), Lafayette Bentley (1873-?), Robert Pye (c. 1878-1898), D.O. Spencer (1898-1903), Cyril Spencer (1903-1912), B.Y. Cunningham (last keeper) (1912)
Alternate Name1:Egg Island Light
State:Ontario
Country:Canada
Date Deactivated:1959
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