Windmill Point Light (Ontario)
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Revision as of 19:28, 1 June 2009
Wexford, Ontario
Built: 1873
Decommissioned: 1978
This light was originally a working windmill. It was converted to a lighthouse in 1873, 35 years after the bloody "Battle of the Windmill" which was fought during the 1838 Patriot War. It sits high on a bluff overlooking the St. Lawrence River.
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