History con'tThe light wasn't the only way to warn sailors of danger. In 1883, a steam-powered foghorn was built; in 1924, the first radio beacon was put in, with a more powerful unit of 200 watts installed in 1929. Similar in style to the other imperial lighthouses on Chantry Island, at Point Clark and on Griffith Island, the Cove Island lighthouse has 5 sets of stairs with 15 steps each, one set with 11 steps and the final curved iron stairway to the lamp room has 9 steps (total: 95 steps). An iron door leads into the lamp room. The stone lightkeeper's cottage adjacent to the tower was built at the same time. The "new" lightkeepers house was built in 1970 a short distance from the tower. This lightstation was continuously manned from 1885 to 1991, making it the longest keeper-occupied lightstation in Ontario's Natural Retreat. The lighthouse tower, the original house and fog plant, a workshop, the assistant keeper's house and the modern lightkeeper's house make up the lightstation today. |
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