page_title: Grandique Point Lighthouse
section_title: Lightkeepers at Grandique Point
hierarchical_section_title: Grandique Point Lighthouse / The lighthouse today / Lightkeepers at Grandique Point
caption_attribution_description: English: Lennox Passage Provincial Park is a small picnic and beach park on the shores of Lennox Passage (waterway) on the North Shore of Isle Madame on Cape Breton Island with 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of shoreline, an operating lighthouse and site of a former post office (c.1910), ferry terminal and two limestone quarries. Visitors can picnic at tables scattered through a forest and open areas, enjoy the 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of trails, or explore the working lighthouse. In summer the park offers swimming, kayaking, and biking opportunities. There are snowshoeing and cross-country skiing opportunities in the winter, however parking is available at the gate only in the off season. Located on Hwy 320, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the junction of Routes 320 and 206. Lennox Passage Provincial Park was established by Order in Council (OIC 85-227) on March 12, 1985.
context_page_description: Grandique Point Lighthouse is an aid to navigation for Lennox Passage, which is the channel of water between the southern shore of Cape Breton Island and Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, Canada. The lighthouse is located on the beach at Grandique Point in Lennox Passage Provincial Park and is accessible by a gravel road within the provincial park. The site is open to the public, the tower is closed.
context_section_description: Daniel Clough	1884-1908
  D A Kaulbach	1908-1909
  C A Kaulbach	1909-1919
  Charles Shannon	1909-1923
  John Doiron
  Henry Young
  Melvin Shannon	1939-1960
  Stanley Forgeron	 1960-1961
  Stanley Forgeron (as caretaker)	1961-1968
caption: Lennox Passage Provincial Park and the historic Grandique Point Lighthouse
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