The Lake Light

Photo by Alan L Brown - May 14, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - May 14, 2004

Plaque Location

The City of Toronto
On the south wall of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse about 2 km from the Centre Island ferry dock.

Plaque Text

This lighthouse, one of the earliest on the Great Lakes, was completed in 1808 as an hexagonal tower 16 metres high, topped by a wooden cage with a fixed whale-oil lantern. In 1832 it was raised to 25 metres and later equipped with a revolving light. The mysterious disappearance of its first keeper, J.P. Rademuller, in 1815 and the subsequent discovery nearby of part of a human skeleton enhanced its reputation as a haunted building.

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