2024 BMFA Juried Photo Show

Description for Heritage Category: The Chantry Island lighthouse was one of only six Imperial Tower style lighthouses built by John Brown along the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay shores. It took four years to build and was operational by 1859. Before becoming automated in 1954, the lighthouse had six keepers, some of whom would bring their families out to the island to live with them. This photograph captures an intimate look into the lives of those who called this island home and saved the lives of many sailors.

Description for Heritage Category: Known as the Hole in the Wall, this structure is the remnants of the solution that allowed for the Canadian Pacific Railway to run over Hwy 12 and the GTR line (now the Tay Shore Trail) constructed in 1908. It was also part of the historic Hogg Bay trestle bridge span, one of the largest wooden structures on the continent in its time. Almost completely obstructed by invasive phragmites from the north side, I drove by this feature so many times, until one day the light was just right in the fall, and I had to check it out. Breaching the overgrowth to stare through the dark tunnel to the light on the other side made it feel almost like you could be transported back to those days just by walking through.