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The Lake Light
On Toronto Island, about 2 km west of the Centre Island ferry dock, stands this haunted lighthouse. Did I say haunted? Well...maybe, maybe not. Here's what the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board plaque attached to the lighthouse says:
This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 16 m high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 25 m and later equipped with a revolving light. The mysterious disappearance of its first keeper, J.P. Rademuller, in 1815 and the subsequent discovery nearby of part of a human skeleton enhanced its reputation as a haunted building.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.613420 -79.384933
Photo by Alan L Brown - May 2004
Related pages:
Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
Gibraltar Point
Toronto Island
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