Lighthouse Point Park

Lighthouse Point Park. . Welcome to one of the most historic places in Buffalo - the place where villagers built a harbor that, in turn, built a city. , The parkland, promenade and restored lighthouse here were once key elements of the old Port of Buffalo. Early in the 19th century, the city's earliest lighthouse - one of the first on the Great Lakes - was built here. The promedade follows what once was a narrow stone pier projecting into Lake Erie, and the restored 1833 lighthouse occupoed a stone mound or molehead added to the pier's end. , Here, the stream of immigrants that settled America's heartlands reached the end of the Erie Canal. Some stayed to help build Buffalo; others followed their dreams past this pier and lighthouse and onto the vast expanse of the inland seas. , Here, schooners and steamships passed inbound to the docks and wharves of the harbor and canal, carrying the commerce of a growing America. , The pier eventually became a peninsula, as landfill was added to provide a base for lighhouse and lifeboat services to a port that expanded along the river and lake shores. That tradition continues, on the Coast Guard base that occupies the site today. , Parkland developed by the City of Buffalo, James D. Griffin, Mayor, in cooperation with The United States Coast Guard, The Buffalo Lighthouse Association, Inc.