The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . erGrey a short distance north-west of the end of the present pier. Afterthe destruction of the breakwater, the Department of Public Worksin 1856 commenced the construction of two parallel piers at the mouthof the river, between which it discharged itself into the lake. Thesepiers were one hundred feet apart. The north pier was 540 feet inlength, and the south pier 190 feet. These works sufficed for some the time of the passing of the County Gravel Roads By-la
The history of the county of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein, province of Ontario, Canada /cby Norman Robertson . erGrey a short distance north-west of the end of the present pier. Afterthe destruction of the breakwater, the Department of Public Worksin 1856 commenced the construction of two parallel piers at the mouthof the river, between which it discharged itself into the lake. Thesepiers were one hundred feet apart. The north pier was 540 feet inlength, and the south pier 190 feet. These works sufficed for some the time of the passing of the County Gravel Roads By-law, Kin-cardine obtained a substantial grant towards the improvement of itsliarbor. Between the county and the village $23,000 was spent onthe harbor in the years 1866 and 1867. During those years thedredging of the basin was commenced, and the north pier wasextended to 757 feet, and the south pier to 495 feet. The Govern-ment also gave a grant of $4,500 to assist in this work. In 1872 therewas commenced the work of dredging the harbor to its present extentof about four acres, and to a depth of 12 feet. This extensive work. GRAIN BUYERS 461 was not completed until 1877. Further work in the way of dredgingand repairs has been done nearly every year since. At present thenorth pier is 1,470 feet in length, and of a uniform width of 30 south pier is 840 feet in length. The east side of the harborbasin has a water frontage of 463 feet, the south side one of 353 feet,and the west side one of 440 feet. Over $200,000 has been spent onthe Kincardine harbor, but owing to the entrance being narrow andthe river always bringing down sediment, which is deposited in thebasin, the harbor has never been worth the large amount spent upon Government had the light near the pierhead established in 1874,and in 1881 the main lighthouse shed its guiding rays over the lakefor the first time. William Kay was keeper of this lighthouse formany years. At present it is in charge of Thomas McG
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