Other Lighthouses in my collection

Special thanks to Gordon Abbott for his photos from Tobermory, Ontario taken in 2000 and 2001.

Someday, I hope to visit this light...

Horton's Point Lighthouse

The actual Horton's Point Lighthouse

Long Island, New York

Cape Hatteras Light

A 2007 trip to St. Clair, MI..

and a stay at the St. Clair Inn.

Massachusetts Light - Gurnett Point, Mass.

(photo by Pat Hreachmack)

Massachusetts Port - Provincetown, Mass

(photo by Pat Hreachmack)

Chicago Breakwater Light

Bud Light (For Real)

Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts.

(photo by Pat Hreachmack)

Cove Island - Tobermory

Cove Island

When you travel on the ferry between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island, keep an eye out for the Cove Island light station. It will be on the west side, about 20 minutes from Tobermory. Its 24 metre (80 ft.) tower is one of six Imperial lighthouses built in the 1850's. The Cove Island light was first lit on October 30, 1858, following a delay in the shipping of the lens from France. The fuel first used was sperm whale oil! Today the light is electrically powered thanks to a submarine power cable linking Cove Island to Tobermory.

The light from the 500 watt bulb is magnified to about 10 times its power by six prisms that revolve around the light. The prisms are separated by sections of frame giving the impression that the light blinks on and off,
when it is actually on all the time. Ships can see the Cove Island light up to 80 km. away (50 miles) depending on the weather.

Construction of the lighthouse on Gig Point began in the late summer of 1855. In 1856 there were seven masons and stone cutters, ten laborers, one blacksmith, a foreman and three horses engaged in the work. Such were the demands of navigation that the crew maintained a temporary light during their presence on the island.
Strategically located in the wilderness of uninhabited islands, the lighthouse frequently provided shelter for mariners in distress, such as the crews of the schooners San Jacinto, lost at Yeo Island, and Sarah Jane wrecked on Manitoulin Island and that of the Charles P. Minch.