Nine Mile Point

Latitude: 44°9'6" N
Longitude: 76°33'21" W
Site Elevation: 78 meters above sea level

Nine Mile Point Lighthouse is located at the southwestern edge of Simcoe Island at the southern entrance to the Kingston, Ontario harbour. Completed in the 1830s, it was one of the first three lighthouses authorized for construction in what was then Upper Canada. A foghorn was later added in the 1870s. It is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, because it is an example of an imperial light, a common lighthouse built in Upper Canada between 1830 and 1860. A tapered, circular tower, rubblestone construction and a spiral staircase typify the design. It remains one of the earliest Canadian lighthouses still in service.

Led by Dr. Chris Spence of Environment Canada, an eddy covariance station was placed on the deck at Nine Mile Point Light in 2016. The eddy covariance equipment along with other meteorological instrumentation are approximately 16.5 meters above the water.