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Point Mississauga Lighthouse Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted December, 2009

Point Mississauga Lighthouse

1804

Text from the plaque

The first lighthouse on the Great Lakes was built of stone at Point Mississauga in 1804 by John Symington, under orders from Lieutenant-Governor Peter Hunter. Demolished in 1814 to make room for this fort, its materials with debris from the ruined town of Niagara were incorporated into this tower.

Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.

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The Region of Niagara
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
On the inside wall of Fort Mississauga National Historic Site
at the intersection of Front and Simcoe streets

N 43 15.701 W 79 04.602

Recorded December 2009. Check current access before visiting.