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Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard
Notes:
The keeper's dwelling at this remote light station was demolished after the light was automated.
Tower Height: 125
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 15 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, hexagonal concrete tower with flying buttresses.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1886: Octagonal wooden tower.
Date Established: 1886
Date Present Tower Built: 1912
Optics: 1886: First order Fresnel lens. A second order lens from this lighthouse is on display at the Canadian Coast Guard base at Parry Sound.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Accessible by boat or plane only.
Keepers: Art Hurley (?-1965), George Rutherford (c. 1965-?; was keeper until light was automated)
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