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Save our Lighthouses seeks help to save Point Petre site from further demolition
In an attempt to highlight the grave concern over the potential imminent demolition of Point Petre lighthouse located on the southern-most tip of Prince Edward County, historian Marc Seguin made a plea to the municipality in a bid to help save the important maritime structure, as well as associated buildings on the site. Seguin’s main […]
Two County lighthouses to be saved
Just prior to the expiry of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, the county heritage advocacy group, Save Our Lighthouses, was informed the Scotch Bonnet Island and Prince Edward Point lighthouses would be preserved by the Government of Canada. Daryl Kramp, MP for Prince Edward–Hastings, delivered the long-awaited news to Marc Seguin, Executive Director of Save […]
Council’s written support necessary for bid to save County lighthouses
Following a motion of the Heritage Advisory Committee, Councillor Alec Lunn will ask that the municipality of Prince Edward issue two letters to the department of fisheries and oceans supporting plans of Hastings and Prince Edward Land Trust to acquire and conserve False Ducks Lighthouse and Point Petre Lighthouse. Lunn is to address the letters […]
Sign petition to protect historic lighthouses
Please consider signing the Heritage Canada petition to save Canada’s lighthouses. – Marc Seguin Executive Director, Save Our Lighthouses Without you, it could be lights out for Canada’s lighthouses. The Government of Canada owns hundreds of iconic lighthouses like the one above – but earlier this year, it declared more than 500 of them – […]
Call is out to save Prince Edward County lighthouses
Five of Prince Edward County’s six remaining lighthouses have been nominated under the terms of the federal Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The sixth, The Salmon Point Lighthouse property, is privately owned. Marc Seguin has sent out the call to save Prince Edward County lighthouses. A request for a heritage preservation project has been sent to […]
Public launch introduces cultural heritage master plan
By Sharon Harrison Attendees at a cultural heritage master plan public open house got an introduction to what the community-based plan is all about, and how it is expected to unfold, in what was an early stage engagement for the public. About 20 people tuned into the virtual meeting which provided opportunity for input, discussion […]
Night of the Monarch event celebrates successes on County’s south shore
More than a hundred supporters gathered at the Night of the Monarch event to celebrate Ontario’s first new conservation reserve since 1999 – Monarch Point. The South Shore Joint Initiative (SSJI) event last week also marked the fifth anniversary the County’s leading environmental advocacy non-profit. “Far too many people across Canada and around the world […]
Feds demolish more lighthouse site heritage at Point Petre
In what is becoming an all too common occurrence in Prince Edward County, demolition of heritage, and maritime history, continued late last week, despite requests to cease and desist until, at least, public consultation could take place about the lighthouse complex at Point Petre. A written plea this summer to the federal government, specifically to […]
Public invited to tour at-risk Point Petre lighthouse site
Prince Edward County’s six remaining lighthouses are a testament to the area’s past marine history. Once part of a series of 14 lighthouses built on County shores between 1828 and 1967 to safeguard sailors against the treacherous storms of Lake Ontario, the six surviving sites face an uncertain future. On Saturday, Oct. 15, the Prince […]
County heritage meets government wrecking ball – call out to save Pt. Petre lighthouse
The call is out to halt further demolition of buildings at the Point Petre lighthouse site – now under way without due process. Prince Edward County’s new Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (PEC ACO) branch is alarmed that without public consultation, or knowledge of the plan, demolition has begun of heritage buildings associated with the Point […]
