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SUMMARY:Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior - 6th Annual Lighthouse Carnival
DESCRIPTION:The lighthouse group will be hosting the Annual Lighthouse Carnival on the Saturday July. 26th 2025. The fundraising event features entertainment\, food\, lighthouse tours\, film screenings and an ecological exhibit. \nFor tickets that include charter transportation please click here. \nFor tickets that do not include the charter because you are arriving by boat\, click here.
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/canadian-lighthouses-of-lake-superior-spring-clean-up-2/
LOCATION:Porphyry Island\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior: 150th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Come Celebrate with us! \nCome join us for the day for a celebration of the 150th anniversary since a light was installed on Pt. Porphyry Island in 1873. We will have an acknowledgment\, ceremony\, speakers\, dignitaries\, and refreshments. Tours will be provided. Catch the charter from Silver Islet. \nCelebrating 150 years since the first lighthouse appeared at Point Porphyry Island. The lighthouse was situated at this location to help increased the safety of steamship traffic in 1873 on Lake Superior. Join us on July 1st.\, 2023. The event will feature an unveiling of the original lighthouse model constructed by the Hammarskjold High School woodworking class. The celebration will feature new information signs illustrating the past\, the keeper’s stories and their stories of survival. \nCome and celebrate with us with a tour to the island and experience the unveiling of the lighthouse model\, presentation by dignitaries and some birthday cake not only for the Canada Day but the celebration of 150th years of safe shipping that helped build Canada! Only one ship wrecked on Pt. Porphyry\, find out more by attending. \nEvent Itinerary\n–1200 Noon gather on the point\n–Welcome\n–Acknowledgments\n–Unveiling of the Model Porphyry Lighthouse built by Hammerskjold HS Students\n–12:45 Picnic Lunch\, with celebratory cake and refreshments\n–1:30 Historic Tour at Lighthouse Point\n–1:30 Paint Superior – Parks Canada\n–1:30 Watch “Heartland” – Porphyry CBC 1980\n–3:30 approximate time of return to Silver Islet \nThe charter boat is leaving from Silver Islet at 9am or 11am and will arrive with a short orientation tour to the Pt. Porphyry. At 12noon dignitaries\, guests\, members and friends will be welcomed and an acknowledge our First Nations and the role that the lighthouse played in the Lakehead’s transportation history. This will be followed by a picnic lunch\, light refreshments and cake! Visitors can then take a historical tour\, watch a film on being a light keeper at Porphyry in 1980\, join Parks Canada’s Paint Superior activity\, or just explore the island. The charter boat will return visitors mid to late afternoon. Cost for the event is $105 for charter\, plus $15 for the picnic lunch. Book Here!
URL:https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/canadian-lighthouses-of-lake-superior-150th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Porphyry Island\, Ontario\, Canada
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