"This is the Shipwreck Point Lighthouse but unfortunately this is as far as our boardwalk is allowed to go," said Nathan Paton, chair of the Friends of Shipwreck Point Lighthouse group. lighthouses have received federal heritage designations but the Shipwreck Point Lighthouse was among the dozens that did not. The Friends of Shipwreck Point Lighthouse was established in 2013 and submitted its plan shortly after to the department. Historical photos including the original shipwreck lighthouse, the first lighthouse keeper Frank and Sarah MacKinnon and on the right — Daniel and Mary Ellen O’Hanley — Gerald MacDonald’s grandparents. (Jane Robertson/CBC)Marking local historyThe original Shipwreck Point Lighthouse was built in 1913 and is now used as a private home.

Source: CBC News July 21, 2021 09:00 UTC