Michipicoten Island East End Lighthouse

Lighthouse Keepers: William W. Sherlock (1912 – 1917) Mary Christina Sherlock (1918 – 1925) Charles N. McDonald (1926 – 1928) M.H. Penno (1928 – 1931) E.W. Gauthier (1931 – 1933) Albert A. Green (1933 – 1938) Francis Pearson (1938 – 1947) P.A. Turner (1947 – 1953) J.C. Nagel (1953) P.A. Turner (1954 – 1957) W.E. Trainor (1957) James Fredrick Francis (1957 – 1960) James Ross (1960) Everett Marryatt (1960) Alfred Herbert Thibeault (1961 – 1962) Erwin C. Scott (1962 – 1963) Joe Thibeualt (1963 – 1974) Melvin Sherlock (1974 – 1981) John Louis Brandon (1981 – 1988).

Etching in the photo says: John L. Branden Light keeper 35 years May 6, 1987. RGNA 1950-1957 Hope ISLD 1957-1961 Cove Isle 1961-1969 Michipicoten Harbour 1964-1981 East End 1981-1988 Retired March 31, 1989 Good luck to the whole gang. The last light keeper at East End.

This lighthouse is classified as a heritage building. Designated in 1991. Heritage Value: The Light Tower was designated Classified Federal Heritage Building for its architectural historical and environmental importance. It is an advanced example of the reinforced-concrete, flying-buttress towers developed early in the twentieth century in locations which required strong wind resistance. Its form is an adaptation of a prototype built in Belle Isle, Newfoundland in 1908, and the resulting tapered elegance and height of the light tower distinguish it from its predecessors. The construction of the Light Tower is associated with efforts to upgrade the quality of lighthouse construction in the early years of the twentieth century, following a long period of restrained government spending. The tower also enjoys significance for the relatively unchanged nature of the site on which it stands, and for its prominent role in establishing the character of the lightstation.