Toronto Harbour Light
The Toronto Harbour Light is an automated lighthouse at Vicki Keith Point on the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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  Toronto Harbour Light Ontario | |
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| Location | Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto |
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| Coordinates | 43°36′49″N 79°20′36″W |
| Year first constructed | 1974 |
| Construction | steel tower |
| Tower shape | octagonal steel tower with light |
| Markings / pattern | white lower part tower, red upper part tower |
| Tower height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| Focal height | 22 metres (72 ft) |
| Characteristic | Fl R 10s. |
| CHS number | CCG 509.2 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-544 |
| Managing agent | PortsToronto |
Construction
The concrete structure was completed in 1974 by the then Toronto Harbour Commission. It is now operated by the Toronto Port Authority. The lighthouse is powered by a solar panel and directs shipping traffic along the Eastern Channel into Toronto Harbour.
Further reading
- Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein. The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses (2002) ISBN 1-59223-102-0; ISBN 978-1-59223-102-7.
- Jones, Ray, & Roberts, Bruce (Photographer). Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses (Lighthouse Series) (Paperback) (Old Saybrook, CN: The Globe Pequot Press) ISBN 1-56440-899-X.
- Jones, Ray.The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0-7627-2735-7; ISBN 978-0-7627-2735-3.
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Penrose, Laurie & Penrose, Bill T., (1994-05) A Traveler's Guide to 100 Eastern Great Lakes: Lighthouses (Paperback), Friede Publications, 125 pages ISBN 0-923756-09-4, p. 79.
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1-55046-399-3
External links
- The Toronto Harbour Light
- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
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