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Nancy Island Lighthouse Replicates Lost Lighthouse

By Timothy Harrison

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The Nancy Island Lighthouse as it appears today. ...

In 1967 Canada’s Nancy Island Lighthouse was built as a replica of the Collingwood Outer Range Front Lighthouse that once stood in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

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Built in 1884, the Collingwood Outer Range Front ...

The Collingwood Outer Range Front Lighthouse was part of a series of range lights that also included the Collingwood Breakwater Lighthouse, the Collingwood Inner Range Rear Lighthouse and the Collingwood Outer Range Rear Lighthouse. Sadly none of these lighthouses stand today.

The island where Nancy Island Lighthouse is located is named after the schooner Nancy that, for a time, was the only British vessel left on the Great Lakes after the defeat of the British fleet in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.

However, in August of 1814, the Nancy was located by United States forces and the vessel was burned and sank. Eventually silt formed a small island around the sunken vessel. However, in 1918 the remains of the Nancy were raised and put on display on what became known as Nancy Island.

In 1967, a replica of the Collingwood Outer Range Front Lighthouse was built on Tower Island, which is a small island next to Nancy Island and reached via a footbridge. The replica is now known as Nancy Island Lighthouse.

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