Fort William Historical Park is located in town. History Go back in time to 1816 at Fort William Historical Park


where the North West Fur Trade Company and the local Ojibwa people began trading goods and furs, located in town. Photograph the local lighthouses found along the northern


shore of Superior. Porphyry Island, named for the island’s ig- neous rock – porphyry, was home to one of the earliest light- houses. Manned lighthouses, the first put into use on Por- phyry in 1873, may well be a way of the past, but it is a past rich with stories and of trying times. Te current lighthouse on Porphyry was built in the 1960s but fell into a serious state of disrepair and vandalism. Two years ago the land was tamed, the trails rehabilitated and the property restored to its former glory. Today, nature lovers can spend a night at the point by paying a fee or donating their time to upkeep the station. An- other one of the island’s oddities is that Porphyry, along with three nearby islands, are the only places where devil’s club, a shrub with a spiny stem and large leaves, can be found east of the Rockies. Te land is filled with oddities and legends. Green spaces, cool waters and blue sky abound here in Ontario’s playground – let your inner adventurer free and discover it.


Fort William Historical Park re-enacts life during the fur trade days.


An aerial view of Fort William Historical Park.


Porphyry lighthouse has been recently restored as part of the Porphyry Island Provincial Park Nature Reserve. thehubwinnipeg.com Spring 2016 • 47


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