Climb for a view

Towers and lookouts you can go up.

Historic places
20Historic places
Built
1812–1953Built
Provinces and territories
6Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 5
  • Provincial 4
  • Municipal 11
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Newfoundland and Labrador4
  • Nova Scotia4
  • Ontario4
  • British Columbia3
  • Quebec3
  • Prince Edward Island2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 2 of the 9 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1812Queenston Heights National Historic Site of CanadaNiagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
  2. 1853Brock’s MonumentQueenston, Ontario
  3. 1863Seacow Head LighthouseFernwood, Prince Edward Island

The register gives no construction date for 11 of these places.

All 20 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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