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Collingwood Lighthouses
 
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1 ► Ontario, Simcoe County, Collingwood — Water Transportation via Collingwood 1854-1900 —
On Huron Street (Provincial Highway 26) at Heritage Drive, on the right when traveling east on Huron Street.
1854 — Sophia, passenger & cargo ship carrying flour, lumber, fish & potash between Kingston, Whitby, Toronto, Port Credit, Port Stanley, Sarnia, Owen Sound, HENS & CHICKENS, & Penetang. HENS & CHICKENS was later renamed COLLINGWOOD. . . . — — Map (db m304299) HM
2 ► Ontario, Simcoe County, Collingwood — A Harbour in Need of a Lighthouse / Un phare pour le port de Collingwood —
Near Heritage Drive 1.2 kilometers north of Huron Street (Provincial Highway 26).
[English] A Harbour in Need of a Lighthouse Collingwood’s harbour was hazardous for navigation in the 1800s. When Collingwood became the northern terminus of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway in 1855, marine . . . — — Map (db m304296) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 19, 2026