Location: Toronto Island
Date photo taken: 22 May 2014
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, located where the Toronto Islands jut out into Lake Ontario, stands as the oldest surviving lighthouse on the Great Lakes. Completed in 1808, it remained an operating lighthouse until 1958 when it, like many others in recent decades, was decommissioned. At that time, responsibility for the lighthouse was passed to the city's parks department.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which maintains lighthouses across Canada as part of water safety, declared over 450 of these buildings as surplus to needs in recent years. Realizing the special significance that these structures hold for Canadians, the National Trust passed the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act in 2010 to help ensure that these icons remain a part of our cultural landscape.
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