Two pairs of day beacons were established at the opening of navigation in 1899 to help guide mariners into Severn Sound and its communities of Penetanguishene, Midland, Victoria Harbour, and Port McNicoll. The first pair consisted of a fifteen-foot-pole with horizontal slatwork placed on the northern end of Brebeuf Island and a similar structure with a height of twenty-four feet that was erected on the western shore of Beausoleil Island...
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Visitor Info
Beausoleil Island Lighthouse is best seen by boat, but you can also hike to it after taking a ferry from Honey Harbour to Georgian Bay Islands National Park. Georgian Bay Water Services offers tours that can include the opportunity to photograph the lighthouse. The lighthouse is owned by the Canadian Coast Guard. Grounds open, tower closed.