Shaganash Lighthouse a Century of Navigation
The Shaganash lighthouse on Island No 10 near Magnet Point guards Lake Superior routes for small vessels. Built in 1910, first keeper Alex Clark served from 1911 guiding with a fifth-order light and fog alarm. beam seen 16 km, fog horn used in dense mists to navigate the 60 metre channel between islands.
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Lake Superior
Black Bay
Nipigon Straits
Shaganash Island
Alex Clark
Magnet Point
Magnet Island
Shaganash Lighthouse History Highlighted in Thunder Bay
A Thunder Bay Museum Looking Back feature recalls the Shaganash lightship on Lake Superior. It notes 1912 travel by author Raymond Spears from Welcome Island to Fort William, meeting lightkeeper William Fairall, his 1921 death, the 1925 rebuilt tower, and 1954 automation. In 2023 the lighthouse gained Heritage designation.
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Raymond S. Spears
Great Lakes
Thunder Bay
Spears
Welcome Island Light
Silver Islet
Porphyry
Point Magnet Camp
Edmond Geaudreau
Louis Gagne
Fort William
Coureurs de Bois
William I. Fairall
Isle of Wight
England
Fairall
Black Bay
Lake Superior
Canada
Shaganash
Thunder Bay Museum
Donald St. E
Thunderbaymuseum.com
Cold Weather Tricks to Start Reluctant Small Engines
Practical tips from Steve Maxwell on getting snowblowers rototillers generators and other small motors running in Canadian winters. Highlights include seasonal fuel rotation advice fuel freshness carburetor bowl draining and a last resort ether spray to start a stubborn engine.
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Canada
Steve Maxwell
BaileyLineRoad.com
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BY Paul Morralee
Library & Archives Canada
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