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The first lighthouse was a lantern, which emitted a red light, erected atop a pole on the outer end of the breakwater in 1903. In 1913 a wooden square tower with a balcony and lantern was built on the breakwater, but it was severely damaged by the wind, though it was repaired. The lighthouse was then
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completed a replica of the old wooden lighthouse with funds from the Lion's Head Rotary Club; the lighthouse was placed on the shoreline. A violent storm damaged the operating light in the spring of 2000, and the Canadian Coast Guard decided to replace it with the students' replica, which was moved
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The replica lighthouse was damaged from time to time by storms due to its precarious position. Some damage occurred in October 2019. The lake-facing wall of the lighthouse had cedar shakes ripped off and a hole punched through it. The shoreline of the nearby stone beach was altered by severe wave
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A storm on January 11, 2020, destroyed the lighthouse and reduced it to a pile of scattered lumber by the morning of January 12. The lighthouse has since been replaced by one that is in a slightly different location. The replacement has also been built to a sturdier standard.
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dismantled it in 1969. It was replaced by a metal pole which emitted a flashing red light.
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Georgian Bay
Ontario
Canada
Coordinates
44°59′26″N 81°14′53″W / 44.99058°N 81.24808°W / 44.99058; -81.24808
Characteristic
lighthouse
Georgian Bay
Ontario
Canada
Lion's Head

Canadian Coast Guard
Bruce Peninsula District School
List of lighthouses in Ontario
List of lighthouses in Canada



Lion's Head Light
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"Lighthouses of Canada: West Central Ontario (Lake Huron Area)"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Storm Destroys Lion's Head Lighthouse"
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