West Point is a cape and an unincorporated community located in the southwestern corner of

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. ''West Point Lighthouse'', a square tapered tower, was built in 1875 by the federal Department of Marine. The West Point Lighthouse Inn, Museum and Restaurant was established in 1984. The West Point Development Corporation, a non-profit organization, maintains the

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as a navigational aid beacon, although the living quarters of the lighthouse are now used as a unique

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and museum. This lighthouse was first lit on May 21, 1876. Cedar Dunes Provincial Park is located at West Point and provides a supervised public beach for swimming. West Point is not the westernmost extreme point of Prince Edward Island; that is

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, several kilometres to the north and slightly west. Part of the very large West Cape Wind Farm is located in West Point.

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George Sutherland Currie (March 20, 1871 – April 17, 1900), also known as George "Flat-Nose" Curry, was a

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