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ÃŽle-Verte Lighthouse is a
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...
on ÃŽle Verte in Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, Quebec, Canada. Completed in 1809, it is the oldest lighthouse on the Saint Lawrence River and the third oldest in Canada. The Lighttower, which is in height.


History

Constructed between 1806 and 1809 on behalf of Trinity House in Quebec City, the lighthouse was responsible for the improvement and surveillance of the lower Saint Lawrence River. It was among the first lighthouses built in Canada, and was the first built on the banks of the Saint Lawrence. The ÃŽle-Verte Lighthouse illustrates the expansion of trade and navigation in the early nineteenth century and was an important milestone in the development of a network of safe waterways in Canada.


Keepers

* Charles Hembleton 1809-1827 * Robert Noel Lindsay 1827-1867 * Gilbert Lindsay 1867-1888 * Irenee Lindsay 1888-1927 * Joseph-Alfred Lindsay 1927-1964 * Armand Lafrance 1964-1972 The last lighthouse keeper left in 1972.


Legacy

The ÃŽle-Verte Lighthouse served as a prototype for the construction of other lighthouses along the St. Lawrence, by its masonry construction, its cylindrical shape, small size and its overall simplicity. The longevity of the building and its continued use attest to the success of this design, which proved highly functional, as well as to the quality of materials and construction.


Heritage

The ÃŽle-Verte lighthouse reinforces the austerity of its location on the coast. The building is an important landmark in the region and is now a tourist attraction and a source of pride in the region. Federal Building, it was classified a historic monument of the
National Historic Sites of Canada National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being ...
in 1974 because of its historical importance, its relevance in terms of architecture and the special place it occupies in its environment.


See also

*
List of lighthouses in Canada This is a list of lighthouses in Canada. These may naturally be divided into lighthouses on the Pacific coast, on the Arctic Ocean, in the Hudson Bay watershed, on the Labrador Sea and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River watershed ( ...


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''Canadian Coast Guard'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ile-Verte Lighthouse Lighthouses completed in 1809 Towers completed in 1809 National Historic Sites in Quebec Lighthouses in Quebec Buildings and structures in Bas-Saint-Laurent Lighthouses on the National Historic Sites of Canada register Heritage sites in Quebec (Cultural Heritage Act)