Otter Island Lighthouse
In 1902, the Department of Marine erected a beacon on Otter Island. The following year, a lighthouse was built on the northwest tip of Otter Island, off Otter Head, of the following description: The lighthouse is an octagonal wooden building, with sloping sides, painted white, surmounted by a polygonal iron lantern painted red. The height of the building from its base to the vane on the lantern is 36 feet. The tower stands about 100 yards from the extreme north point of the island, on rock about 70 feet above the level of the lake. The lightkeeper’s dwelling, a white wooden building, is on the south shore of Big Daves harbour, inside the north point of the island. Pending the completion of the permanent illuminating apparatus for this lighthouse a temporary fixed white light was on October 23, 1903, exhibited from a seventh order dioptric lens placed in the lantern. The light is elevated 97 feet above the level of the lake, and should be visible 10 miles from all points of approach by water. The buildings at this station were erected by contract by Mr. Wm. Fryer of Collingwood. His contract price for the work here and at Slate islands together was $9,400.
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Related Company: Canadian Government - Department of Marine
Related People: Robert Collins, William Gouweleeuw, George Marshall, Charles McDonald, Gilbert McLachlan, Robert McMenemy, Katherine McMenemy, Johnny More, Albert Murray, W.E. Trainor
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Lighthouse Keepers: Robert McMenemy (1903 – 1917) Mrs. Robert McMenemy (1918) Malcolm Sutherland (1920 – 1922) George Marshall (1922) Gilbert McLachlan (1922 – at least 1937) Albert Murray (1945 – ) W.E. Trainor (1956 – 1957) Charles McDonald (1957 – 1958) Robert Collins (1959 – at least 1967) Joy Richardson (1973 – 1985) William Gouweleeuw (1985 – 1987)