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Point Clark Lighthouse

Point Clark Lighthouse - A National Historic Site 

**PLEASE NOTE**

**Point Clark Lighthouse will be closed the 2013 season to continue restorations which were more extensive than first thought in order to preserve this valuable landmark**

For more lighthouse tours in the area, go to www.brucecoastlighthouses.com

Please see the right hand side for the press release & information from Parks Canada regarding the renovations. Have a look at the pictures to see the scope of the task and the progress of the renovations.

Being one of the first of the “Imperial Towers” to signal to sailors, and having marked its 150th Birthday in 2009, makes this beautiful historical structure a fantastic tourist destination. The Point Clark Lighthouse was built between 1855 and 1859 to warn sailors of the shoal about three kilometers offshore. Its elegant proportions and limestone exterior are typical of the six “imperial” towers built in the region, a lighthouse style rarely seen elsewhere in Canada. The 110-foot stone tower is topped by a 12-sided lantern framed in cast iron, with a domed roof. A bronze lion head at each angle of the eaves directs rainwater away from the tower. The light stands 87 feet from the base of the tower. 

Although acquired by Parks Canada in 1967 to commemorate the vital role of lighthouses in navigation on the Great Lakes, it still serves its primary function - an aid to navigation. The lightkeeper’s dwelling, built at the same time as the lighthouse, is now operated as a museum by the Township of Huron-Kinloss.

The Point Clark Lighthouse is one of several in Bruce County.  It was honoured to be one of six chosen across Canada  by Canada Post to decorate a postage stamp in 2009.  The Point Clark Lighthouse is located in Point Clark at the end of Lighthouse Road off of Huron Road.  For more information about this and other lighthouses in the area, visit Bruce Coast Lighthouses

Open from Late June to Labour Day, 10am to 4:30pm daily.  Open for groups by reservation in May and June.  Admission and tours are available for a nominal fee.

For more information call (519) 395-2494 during open hours, or (519) 395-2909 for group reservations.

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