Lighthouses of the Bruce Peninsula
Lighthouses of the Bruce Peninsula
The Bruce Peninsula has several lighthouses located on the shores of Georgian Bay & Lake Huron. Cove Island light is an "Imperial" lighthouse -the first of builder John Brown's Imperial Towers to be completed on the Great Lakes. Take a day trip around the peninsula to view these towers of history!
2008 / 2009 Is the Year of the Light
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- Lighthouses on the
Bruce Peninsula
- Year of the Light
2008 / 2009
LIGHTHOUSES ON THE BRUCE PENINSULA
The lighthouses of the Bruce Peninsula are standing now more as an attraction then what they were in the past - a necessary, practical function for ships and sailors of the past. The waters surrounding the Bruce Peninsula are treacherous - many ships lie in the depth of her waters - as Fathom Five National Marine Park can prove with the many shipwrecks found with the waters of this national park.
Please click on map below to view an interactive map of the various Lighthouses located on the Bruce Peninsula
YEAR OF THE LIGHT - 2008 / 2009 - THE YEAR(S) THE LIGHTS WERE LIT
On October 30th., 2008, the Cove Island Lightstation will celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the first lighting of the whale oil lamp by inauguaral lightkeeper George Collins. This remarkable achievement bears witness to those individuals who designed, built and operated the Cove Island Lightstation, which was the first of builder John Brown's Imperial Towers to be completed on the Great Lakes.
"YEAR OF THE LIGHT"
2008 - 2009
Throughout the 2008 season, from early May until the end of October, there will be many activities occurring to mark this significant date . In addition celebrations will continue through 2009 as each of the other Imperial Towers marks their own 150th Anniversary.
As the "Year of the Light" unfurls, the summers of 2008 and 2009 are shaping up to provide the best in lighthouse action across Canada and the USA!