Cana Island Light house was built in 1869, You can walk or ride a haywagon to the the island and visit the home of the lighthouse keeper and his family. This time the tower was open and we, gandparents, parents and grandchildren (including the 4-year old), climbed the 97 steps of the spiral staircase to the gallery deck.
Here us a photo of the working Fresnel lens, which gather light from a series of prisms to create an continuous beam of light. If my memory is correct, it weighs around 2000 lbs.
And here is the view from from 86 feet above ground
