Georgian Bay Lighthouse Tracker

Resetting the Doomsday Clock

A bit dramatic perhaps, but as of March 27, 2018, only one Georgian Bay lighthouse has been granted Heritage Status, leaving the rest to an uncertain fate (click here to find out what’s going on.)  Most Georgian Bay lights have been nominated for heritage status, but government deliberations are still ongoing and their fates were supposed to have been determined by May 29, 2015.  Three years later we have no news, although the light and additional structures on Hope Island have been torn down.

The Parks Canada official list of Heritage Status lighthouses can be found here.

Latest Update (March 27, 2018):  To say that things are moving slowly is an understatement.  Most Bay lights remain nominated, but only Snug Harbour to date has actually been granted Heritage status.  Hope Island has been cleared of all structures, and the Archipelago is still in discussions to assume control of Pointe au Baril.

Update (February 12, 2014):  The Canadian federal budget has been released, and it includes no proposed seed money for upkeep of non-federally owned structures (i.e. surplus lighthouses):

“Budget documents are silent on Parks Canada’s National Historic Sites Cost-Sharing Program, which in recent years has provided modest yet much-needed bricks-and-mortar investment in National Historic Sites not in federal ownership, and do not confirm proposed seed funding to ease lighthouses declared ‘surplus’ by the Federal Government into the hands of local groups.”

Read the full Heritage Canada The National Trust media release here.

Update (February 1, 2014):  New colour-coding added to the tracker, to reflect surplus, nominated, and heritage statuses.
Update (May 22, 2012):  Brebeuf Range, Byng Inlet Ranges, Cape Croker, Christian Island, Gereaux Island, Hope Island, Lighthouse Point (Big Tub), and Nottawasaga Island have all been nominated for Heritage Status!
Update (May 14, 2012):  the Bustard Rocks light and twin ranges have been nominated for Heritage Status.
Update (May 7, 2012):  Heritage nomination for Bustard Rocks is pending.
Update (May 1, 2012):  No new Georgian Bay lights have been nominated for Heritage Status.
Update (April 19, 2012):  Killbear Point (in Killbear Provincial Park) and the South Baymouth ranges have been nominated for Heritage Status.

Congratulations to all of the groups that have submitted petitions on behalf of Georgian Bay lighthouses.  The vast majority of Georgian Bay lights have been nominated for Heritage Status:

Above:  Heritage status of major Georgian Bay lights as of March 27, 2018.

Status list of Eastern Georgian Bay navigation aids (Killarney to Christian Island):

Status list of Western Georgian Bay navigation aids (Nottawasaga to Manitoulin):
(Not all Manitoulin lights are listed here.)

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