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The Point Clark Lighthouse in Huron -Kinloss saw over 4,700 people visit the National Historic Site in 2016. The lighthouse is seen in an overexposed photo taken during an evening last week.
Huron -Kinloss sees spike in tourism across many events in 2016
Troy Patterson
Editor
Huron -Kinloss had a
record year for tourism, with
significant draws for the
Point Clark Lighthouse,
Music in the Fields and Ice
Cream Trail.
The Point Clark Light-
house saw a staggering
increase with 4,741 people
visiting the National Historic
Site this year, according to
business and economic
officer Taralyn Cronin.
'And that was just the paid
tours of the lighthouse and
museum," said Cronin.
"There were hundreds more
people just visitng the
lighthouse."
Cronin said though the
lighthouse reopened after a
half -decade of renovations
last year, people may have
just heard that the structure
is reopen and is a place to
visit again.
"There was also good
beach weather, which
helped, and the children's
program was well
attended and brought the
numbers up on Fridays,"
she said.
Paid tours averaged about
70 per day in the final week
leading up to Labour Day,
which alone saw 135 people
up the lighthouse.
"That was pretty amazing,
" she said. "They came from
all over the world - Switzer-
land, the Phillipines,
Australia."
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