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 Nine Mile Point, ON    
Lighthouse accessible by ferry.Photogenic lighthouse or setting.
Description: Built in 1833, Nine Mile Point Lighthouse is one of the oldest lighthouses on the Great Lakes, but the title of oldest belongs to Gibraltar Point Lighthouse near Toronto, which was erected in 1808. Nine Mile Point Lighthouse was automated in 1978. Its fog horn was silenced in 1991, and the following year the two adjacent keeper's dwellings were sold off.

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Location: Located on the southwest point of Simcoe Island.
Latitude: 44.151528
Longitude: -76.55576

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Travel Instructions: Simcoe Island can be reached by cable ferry from Wolfe Island, which can be reached by the Wolfe Island/Kingston ferry from Canada or by Horne's Ferry from the United States. Once on Simcoe Island, drive to the southwest corner of the island, and you can view Nine Mile Point Lighthouse from beyond the fence that surrounds the property.

The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds/tower closed.

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