Lake Superior lighthouse to receive heritage designation
Lighthouse at south end of the Nipigon Straights in Lake Superior to be protected, lobby group says
The Lamb Island lighthouse, built in 1876, is among 74 lighthouses recently granted heritage site designation, according to the chair of the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior.
The lighthouse site, at the south end of the Nipigon Straights in Lake Superior, will be designated under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, Paul Capon said.
The official list of protected lighthouses isn't expected to be made public until the end of the summer, but Capon said he's been told by Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq that Lamb Island is on the list.
The Lamb Island lighthouse was replaced by a light tower in 1961, but two dwellings, two outbuildings and a boathouse remain on the site.
Two other Lake Superior lighthouse sites, Porphyry Point and Shaganash, are receiving $20,000 in funding from Trans Canada Trail as part of the Lake Superior Water Trail. The national trail system overlaps the Lighthouse Trail from the island archipelago to Rossport.
The money will be spent on signs "to orientate and direct tourists guests and visitors on an interpretive journey through Lake Superior," a news release from the Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior said.