gibraltar

TORONTO , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY: THE GIBRALTAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1808 BEING 52 FEET TALL...IN 1832 IT WAS RAISED TO 82 FEET...THE WOOD BALCONY WAS REPLACED WITH AN IRON ONE IN 1878 AND THE LIGHTHOUSE FIRST RECIEVED ELECTRICITY AROUND 1916-1917...THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS INCLUDE: MR. J.P. RADAN MULLER 1809-1815 , MR. WILLIAM HALLOWAY 1816-1831 , MR. JAMES DURNAN 1832-1853 , MR. GEORGE DURNAN 1853-1908 , CAPTAIN. P.J. McSHERRY 1908-1912 , B. MATTHEWS 1912-1917 , G.F. EATON 1917-1918 , F.C. ALLEN 1918-1944 , MRS. LADDER 1944-1955 AND THE FINAL KEEPER BEING MRS. DODDS FROM 1955 TO 1958......THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TORONTO PARKS DEPARTMENT ON MAY 23. 1958...............

...THE LEGEND OF THE LIGHTHOUSE REVOLVES AROUND THE DISAPPEARANCE AND MURDER OF THE FIRST KEEPER J.P. RADAN MULLER ON JANUARY 2 , 1815...THE STORY GOES THAT MR. MULLER WAS A BOOTLEGGER AND WAS EITHER MURDERED BY SOLDIES FROM FORT YORK OR A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL TOWN PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GET ALCOHOL FROM HIM AND WERE REFUSED...AROUND 1893 , HIS BONES WERE SUPPOSABLY FOUND AROUND 150 METERS WEST OF THE KEEPERS HOUSE , NEAR THE BASE OF THE POND AND WERE REBURRIED IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE SOMEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY....

...THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN AT THE LIGHTHOUSE ON JUNE 2 , 2007...ITS AN INTERSTING AREA THAT IS NOW OVERGROWN WITH BUSHES AND TREES , EXCEPT FOR RIGHT AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE , THAT IS MAINTAINED...NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS SEEN IN ANY PHOTOS OR ON VIDEO...THE TEMP. WAS 24.6 DEGREES CELCIUS WITH A 7 Km/H WIND FROM THE SOUTH-WEST....

" UPDATE ""

...RETURNED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ON JUNE 30 , 2007...TO TAKE PART IN THE P.I.S.T. MEETUP & SEANCE..A FEW PICS AND VIDEO OF THE EVENT...