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Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site marks the site of the November 1838 Battle of the Windmill, fought around a grist windmill near Prescott, Ontario, Canada. In 1873,[1] the original grist windmill was converted into a lighthouse by the Canadian Department of Marine. The lighthouse became known as Windmill Point Light.[2]

In 1996 the Friends of Windmill Point[2][3] opened the 60-foot-tall stone lighthouse tower to the public as Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site, a National Historic Site of Canada. Visitors are led on a guided tour of the tower, and can climb to the top just below the lantern room for a view of the St. Lawrence River. There are interpretive panels about the battle, a video presentation, and a gift shop. The tower is open weekends in June and September, and daily in July and August, and is located on Windmill Point Road, off Highway 2, 3 km east of the town of Prescott, Ontario.

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References

  1. ↑ Dave Wobser. "Windmill Point Light". Lighthouses of the Great Lakes. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 Colonel Edward Jessup Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. "The Battle of the Windmill". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Windmill Point Light (ON) - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  • Graves, Donald E., Guns Across the River: The Battle of the Windmill, 1838, 2001, The Friends of Windmill Point, Prescott, Ontario.

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