Port Burwell Historic Lighthouse
17 Robinson Street, Port Burwell
The Port Burwell lighthouse was constructed in 1840. It was part of a national network of light stations equipped with beacon lights to warn or guide ships at sea. The Port Burwell light was used to aid navigation and commercial shipping of local timber on Lake Erie.
The tower is 13.7 metres high with its fixed, white light visible for 19 kilometres. It is the oldest wooden lighthouse on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie and one of the oldest surviving lights in Canada. Provincial Plaque on site.
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