Windmill Point (CAN)
State: CAN
Year established: 1820
Latitude: 44 deg 43
min 15 sec N
Longitude: 75 deg 1
min 14 sec W
Height above sea level: 92 feet Original construction:
Originally a windmill Rebuilds:
1873: windmill converted to current gray stone conical lighthouse tower with red trim
Status:
deactivated in 1978
Notes:
open to the public during the summer
More information:
http://www.lhdigest.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=437
http://www.ipl.org.ar/exhibit/light/GL/WindmillPtOnt.html
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 155

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