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Burlington Main
State: CAN
Year established: 1837
Latitude: 43 deg 17
min 54 sec N
Longitude: 79 deg 47
min 43 sec W
Height above sea level: 55 feet Original construction:
54-foot octagonal wooden lighthouse structure set on a stone foundation Rebuilds:
 1858: current cylindrical limestone tower erected after original was destroyed by fire in 1856
Status:
deactivated in 1961; tower and light keeper's red brick cottage (1857)
currently unused.
Notes:
The Yacht Club building shown in the postcard burned down in 1915
More information:
http://www.lighthousedepot.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1476
http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/OntLts/Burlngtn/Burlngtn.htm
http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=452
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 147
The Lighthouse Group, Beach Beacon (Hamilton, Ont: Vol 1, Feb 2004)
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