Stokes Bay Range Front Light

Thanks to Ron Walker, of the Canadian Coast Guard base at Parry Sound, Ontario, for this photo of the Stokes Bay Range Front Light.

Photo courtesy of Canadian Coast Guard

Stokes Bay is on the Lake Huron side (the west side) of the Bruce Peninsula, about halfway between Wiarton and Tobermory, Ontario. The old lighthouse, a 33-foot wooden "pepperpot" tower, was built in 1904. It has been replaced in recent years by the modern range tower we see here. Until rather recently, it was Coast Guard policy to promptly demolish lighthouses replaced by modern towers. This policy is no longer in effect, but now the challenge is take steps to assure that a deactivated tower like this one doesn't deteriorate to the point that it needs to be demolished.

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December 11, 2003. Site copyright 2003 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.