06/13/2026
đźš©Rosseau Shoal Lighthouseđźš©
To help vessels avoid a treacherous shoal in the northern reaches of Lake Rosseau, the Department of Marine had a lighthouse built atop the hazard and published the following description of it in 1890:
A small lighthouse erected during the past season on Ditchburn’s Shoal, in Lake Rosseau, about a mile southwardly from Rosseau, in the District of Muskoka, was put in operation on the 25th September last.
The light is fixed white, elevated 28 feet above the level of the lake, and should be visible 8 miles from all points of approach. The illuminating apparatus is dioptric, of small size.
The lighthouse, which stands upon a small cribwork pier, is a square wooden tower painted white, surmounted by an iron lantern painted red. It is 26 feet high from the pier to the ventilator on the lantern. Physics
The work was done under contract by Mr. John Haw, of Bracebridge, the contract price being $475.
(Photos thanks to Mark Harris, Wenonah II deckhand and photographer)
