1. What is the Metis Lighthouse?  Technically known as the “Pointe Mitis Lightstation", the lighthouse and three related buildings form a complex located in the municipality of Métis-sur-Mer. The original lighthouse, constructed in 1873-74, was replaced in 1909 with various accessory buildings (keeper’s house, fog horn building, etc.) constructed over the following half century. The tower acquired its current octagonal form when it was reinforced in 1923-24 and has stood guard virtually unchanged ever since.

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