Cabot Head is a point of land on the northeast tip of the

Bruce Peninsula The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula in Ontario, Canada, that divides Georgian Bay of Lake Huron from the lake's main basin. The peninsula extends roughly northwestwards from the rest of Southwestern Ontario, pointing towards Manitoulin Islan ...

in the

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. The Bruce Peninsula separates

Georgian Bay Georgian Bay (french: Baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies east of the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island. To ...

from the rest of

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. Cabot Head is so named in honor of the explorer

John Cabot John Cabot ( it, Giovanni Caboto ; 1450 – 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North ...

, although Cabot never explored the

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. The name of the area was bestowed by John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806). Cabot Head Lighthouse sits 80 feet above the waterline of

. Originally built in 1896, the lighthouse is located on the eastern shore of

Wingfield Basin Provincial Nature Reserve Wingfield may refer to: People * Anthony Wingfield (disambiguation), multiple people * Brenda Wingfield, South African geneticist * Lady Bridget Wingfield (died 1534), neighbour, close friend and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, second wife of Hen ...

, marking a popular inlet for pleasure craft during harsh weather In 1968 the original tower and range light were demolished and replaced with an automated light. Over the next 15 years, The Friends of Cabot Head Lighthouse Organization restored the lighthouse. Today it serves as a museum, and tourists are encouraged to explore the paths throughout the surrounding Nature Reserve./

References

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