20DE1749hdrWZ-denoise-gigapixel-standard-scale-2_00x-SharpenAI-Softness Port of Thunder Bay 2020
Welcome Island Light House & tug "Glenada"
Welcome Island Lighthouse. The light itself is now on the Tower you can see in the front of the building.
Situated ten kilometres offshore from the City of Thunder Bay, the Welcome Islands, four in number, are a welcome sight for mariners seeking harbour after a journey on Lake Superior. The northernmost two islands are the largest, each being about 800 metres long and 400 metres wide. According to an Ojibwe legend, the islands are sisters who were turned to stone and cast into the bay after killing their younger sister out of jealousy.
Welcome Island Lighthouse in 1907
Work on a combined dwelling and light tower began on the northernmost point of the islands in 1905, and the Department of Marine published the following description of the work in its annual report for 1906:
A lighthouse was erected on the northeast extremity of the eastern Welcome island, and the light was put in operation on the opening of navigation in 1906. The lighthouse stands on land 80 feet above the level of the lake and 160 feet back from the water’s edge. It consists of a square wooden dwelling, with an octagonal wooden lantern rising from the middle of its hip roof. It is painted white, with the roof red and is 38 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern. The light is a fixed-white dioptric light of the seventh order, elevated 112 feet above the level of the lake, and visible 16 miles from all points of approach by water.
The work was done by day's labour under the direction of Mr. W. H. Brunel, the total cost being $4,657.39.
20DE1749hdrWZ-denoise-gigapixel-standard-scale-2_00x-SharpenAI-Softness Port of Thunder Bay 2020
Welcome Island Light House & tug "Glenada"
Welcome Island Lighthouse. The light itself is now on the Tower you can see in the front of the building.
Situated ten kilometres offshore from the City of Thunder Bay, the Welcome Islands, four in number, are a welcome sight for mariners seeking harbour after a journey on Lake Superior. The northernmost two islands are the largest, each being about 800 metres long and 400 metres wide. According to an Ojibwe legend, the islands are sisters who were turned to stone and cast into the bay after killing their younger sister out of jealousy.
Welcome Island Lighthouse in 1907
Work on a combined dwelling and light tower began on the northernmost point of the islands in 1905, and the Department of Marine published the following description of the work in its annual report for 1906:
A lighthouse was erected on the northeast extremity of the eastern Welcome island, and the light was put in operation on the opening of navigation in 1906. The lighthouse stands on land 80 feet above the level of the lake and 160 feet back from the water’s edge. It consists of a square wooden dwelling, with an octagonal wooden lantern rising from the middle of its hip roof. It is painted white, with the roof red and is 38 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern. The light is a fixed-white dioptric light of the seventh order, elevated 112 feet above the level of the lake, and visible 16 miles from all points of approach by water.
The work was done by day's labour under the direction of Mr. W. H. Brunel, the total cost being $4,657.39.