Ontario lighthouses on Lake Erie

Ontario has the whole north shore and 16^[1] lighthouses in this gazetteer, from Point Abino near Fort Erie past Port Dover, Long Point and Port Stanley to Pelee Island, Middle Island and Bois Blanc Island at the mouth of the Detroit River.

Lighthouse positions are landmarks, for trip planning. NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

Ontario's lights, in Circle Tour order

Point Abino Lighthouse Point Abino, near Crystal Beach (Town of Fort Erie, Ontario) No public access
Port Colborne Lighthouses (Inner and Outer) Welland Canal entrance, Port Colborne, Ontario View from shore
Mohawk Island Lighthouse (ruin) Mohawk Island, off Rock Point Provincial Park near Dunnville (Haldimand County, Ontario) Ruin or relocated
Port Maitland Lighthouse Mouth of the Grand River, Port Maitland (Haldimand County, Ontario) Grounds open
Long Point Lighthouse Eastern tip of Long Point (Long Point National Wildlife Area, Norfolk County, Ontario) View from a boat
Port Dover West Pier Lighthouse Port Dover (Norfolk County, Ontario) Grounds open
Old Cut Lighthouse Base of Long Point, near Port Rowan (Norfolk County, Ontario) View from shore
Port Burwell Lighthouse Port Burwell (Municipality of Bayham, Elgin County, Ontario) Grounds open
Port Stanley Breakwater Lighthouse Port Stanley (Municipality of Central Elgin, Ontario) View from shore
Rondeau Harbour Lights (Erieau) Erieau, Rondeau Harbour entrance (Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario) Grounds open
Southeast Shoal Lighthouse Offshore, about six miles south of Point Pelee (Ontario) View from a boat
Pelee Passage Lighthouse Offshore northeast of Pelee Island (Township of Pelee, Ontario); original tower now in Windsor View from a boat
Pelee Island Lighthouse Lighthouse Point, northern tip of Pelee Island (Township of Pelee, Ontario) Grounds open
Middle Island Lighthouse (ruin) Middle Island, Point Pelee National Park (Township of Pelee, Ontario) Ruin or relocated
Colchester Reef Lighthouse Colchester Reef, about 6 km south of Colchester (Town of Essex, Ontario) View from a boat
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse Southern tip of Bois Blanc (Boblo) Island, Amherstburg, Ontario View from shore

Minor lights

These lights are too thinly documented for a page of their own. Each summary is our own and names its source.

Leamington lighthouse, Leamington, Ontario. A small square wooden tower of 1880 with a red lantern, dark since 1923 and now owned by a cottage owners' association, which uses it as a washroom building for members.^[2]
Kingsville Range Rear, Kingsville, Ontario. An 1889 wooden range tower, out of service since 1936, that spent years as part of a cottage before the town displayed it in Lakeside Park and later moved it to the Kingsville Historical Park for restoration.^[2]
Pointe aux Pins light, Chatham-Kent (Rondeau Provincial Park), Ontario. A modern white skeletal tower on a wooded point about 6 km east of Rondeau Harbour, still active; a park trail passes nearby. Not to be confused with the light of the same name near Sault Ste. Marie.^[2]
Middle Sister Island light, Middle Sister Island, western Lake Erie. An active skeletal steel tower on a small, privately owned island just north of the international border; seen only from the water.^[2]

All Lake Erie lighthouses Road trip order

Sources

Lake Erie Gazetteer data: this site's own compiled records (lighthouses, shipwrecks, storms), Lake Erie Gazetteer (WeldonPC). Accessed 2026-10-04. Values computed by us from this data.
Lighthouses of Canada: Southwestern Ontario, Russ Rowlett, The Lighthouse Directory (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Accessed 2026-10-04.