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Managing Organization:
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
Telephone: 519-354-7310
Website: http://www.lowerthames-conservation.on.ca/LighthouseCA.htm
Email:
Contact Address Information:
100 Thames Street
Chatham
Ontario, N7L 2Y8, Canada
Notes:
This is the second oldest lighthouse in Ontario; the original structure was made taller in 1867. The lighthouse was restored by the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority in 1973. The front range light (fixed red) is exhibited from a 23-foot white cylindrical tower, with a fluorescent orange triangular daymark and a black vertical stripe, about 178 feet from the rear light.
Tower Height: 54
Height of Focal Plane: 53
Characteristic and Range: Fixed red light.
Description of Tower: White, conical limestone and brick tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
c. 1810: Wooden structure, destroyed in War of 1812.
Date Established: c. 1810?
Date Present Tower Built: 1818
Date Deactivated: c.1969-1973
Current Use: Active seasonal aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Exit from Highway 2 in Tilbury and follow the signs to Lighthouse Cove. The lighthouse can be seen from a boat launch. It is within the Lighthouse Conservation Area, a one-hectare park.
Keepers: Members of the Cartier family until c. 1950; William "Dick" Cartier (?-1950); C.W. Riberdy (c. 1950-?); Armand Jacob (?-c.1966)
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