Big Tub Lighthouse

First week of May, very sunny day, not busy at all at this gorgeous spot. Still pretty chill with the wind (12 °C), but the water is so clear and pretty that its so worth seeing in any season (especially with sunlight)!

It's beautiful, but bring your water shoes (it's because the stones are sharp, you can get cut) or your hiking shoes is the best.

Good place to chill in Tobermory, not many parking spots but didn’t have to wait long even on busy day as there’s not much to do here, just a min walk to water and lighthouse, nothing else to see but spent good time here. Good place for fishing, picnic or kids as there’s shallow water. Parking was $5 an hour.

Good quiet place to view sunrise. It about 2 kms of walk from Bruce anchor cruise ticket counter. It not crowded and I found none in the morning when I went. But crossed few morning walkers while I went. Parking is $5 per hour and maximum for 3 hours.

It’s such a cute spot. Very peaceful and scenic. It’s nice to watch the sunset. It wasn’t too busy which was great! Spent about a hour there and the time flew.

An amazing place to spend a quite evening. The light house is not very tall but the view from there is amazing. You can sit around it and even enter in water carefully.You can park on the road and pay on mobile

Tobermory (Big Tub) LighthouseCharles Earl and Abraham Davis were the first permanent settlers of Tobermory, the town situated at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula. As shipping into the natural harbour at Tobermory developed due to fishing and logging, Charles Earl hung a lantern on a tree branch at night to guide vessels through the dangerous passageways that lead to the harbour. According to a “Departmental Letter” dated January 28, 1881, Earl was allowed $100 each year for “keeping a light at Tobermoray Harbour.”The Commissioners of Public Works made the following recommendation for a formal light at Tobermory in 1857, but the harbour remained dark until Charles Earl started displaying his light in 1881:But a third or fourth rate light at Tobermoray would be of considerable use. At this place, which is situated at the extreme north end of the Indian Peninsula, there is a small harbour frequently used as an asylum in bad weather by the steamers and other vessels on the Georgian Bay route. The entrance to it is difficult for a stranger to discover, owing to the sameness of the shore. When in, vessels lie in a basin about half a mile long by three hundred feet wide, the sides nearly perpendicular with from 20 to 25 feet of water alongside.In 1885, three lots on the west side of the entrance to Tobermory Harbour, also known as Big Tub Harbour, were purchased by the Department of Marine at a cost of eighteen dollars for the erection of a lighthouse. That same year, John George and David Currie of Port Elgin constructed a wooden tower for $675 on the point where Charles Earl had previously tended his lantern.The Annual Report of the Department of Marine for 1885 provides the following description of the lighthouse: “A light on the west side of the entrance to Tobermory Harbour, Georgian Bay, in the North Riding of Bruce. From the opening of navigation next season a fixed red dioptric light will be shown, elevated 40 feet above the level of the lake, and visible 8 miles from all points of approach. The tower is a hexagonal wooden building, surrounded by an iron lantern, having a height of 43 feet from ground to lantern vane.”

Really nice place to watch sunrise, go swimming. Has washroom on site. Paid parking is in effect during may to October.

Peaceful place, I have been off season and it was not that many people there. Prepare to pay parking for max 3 hours. During the weekends the parking is usually full, people kayaking, paddleboarnig or have picnic here, nice view and relaxing place for short walk.I walked there from DT and it is 5km ish and it took me one way 30 min/2.5 km. I also paddleboard around and it is great if it is not windy, water is very cold, but refreshing.

Best place to see amazing sunrise. Parking tickets are available on the spot. Areas around the lighthouse well maintained. Should be there on time to see the view. We were lucky to witness the bright orange sun on our visit.