Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
The Queen's Wharf Lighthouse was built in 1861 and stood on Queen's Warf, 50 metres to the East, near the original foot of Bathurst Street. It marked the only navigable entrance to Toronto harbour at that time. It supported a fog bell and a red lantern which, when aligned with a white range light, indicated the approach to the harbour. In service until 1911, it became redundant when a new western channel was established. The Queen's Warf Lighthouse now stands in the middle of a busy downtown Toronto Y intersection. It is one block away from the waterfront and about a mile west of downtown centre. The lighthouse site is the end of the line for electric trolley cars and the tracks circle the lighthouse.