Windmill Tower
In French: Phare de Windmill Point
Windmill Tower, 1898–1920 and today
Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.
1898–1920: Public domain. Today: Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0.
About Windmill Tower
Windmill Tower is the one Classified Federal Heritage Building in Cardinal. The register gives 1832–1833 for Windmill Tower. One other place on the registers stands within 400 m.
The Windmill Tower stands prominently on Windmill Point, a height of land near the town of Prescott, where it overlooks the old King’s Highway and the St. Lawrence River. The 62 foot (18.9 meters) tapered tower is constructed of random coursed stone and is crowned with a cast iron lantern. Decorative elements include the louvred windows that rise in paired, vertical bands and the arched doorway of the main entrance. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Windmill Tower · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
Classified federal heritage buildings are the federal government’s most significant buildings.
1 old view of Windmill Tower
Made before 1950, from 1909: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.
1898–1920From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Cardinal · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Windmill TowerStart here
- 2Battle of the WindmillNational Historic Site · next door
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Windmill Tower
Can you visit Windmill Tower?
Yes from the outside; whether it opens its doors is for its owner to say.
Is Windmill Tower protected?
As a Classified federal building, any work on it needs the federal heritage review’s advice while Canada owns it.
What is Windmill Tower?
Since 1989, Windmill Tower has been a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
When was Windmill Tower built?
The register dates the construction of Windmill Tower to 1832–1833.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).