Lighthouses of Lake Erie               Colchester Reef 45 Established: 1885 Status:   Active Location:   (ONT) Colchester Reef, five miles southeast of Colchester, Ontario Type:   Skeletal Access:   Boat       About the Light:   Like many lights in the lake, this one fell in the area where Canada owned the lake, but the United States owned most of the vessel traffic. At first, a lightship was placed in this position. After the lightship was swallowed by the lake, the Canadian Government elected to build a light in its place. Today the light-tower has been cut down to a helipad with it plastic lens attached.             Select Another LightHouse Ashtabula Barcelona Bois Blanc (Bob-Lo) Buffalo Breakwater Buffalo Breakwater (Leaning) Buffalo Breakwater (Old Bottle Light) Buffalo Lightship (Lightvessel No. 82) Buffalo Main Cleveland East Pierhead Cleveland West Breakwater Colchester Reef Detroit River Dunkirk Erie Land Erie Pierhead Erieau East Pier Fairport Harbor West First Southeast Shoal Lightship Grand Island Old Front Range Grosse Ile North Channel Horseshoe Reef Huron Harbor Kingsville Leamington Light Long Point Long Point West End (Old Cut) Lorain East Breakwater Lorain West Breakwater Marblehead (Sandusky) Mohawk Island Old Fairport Main (Grand River) Old Port Clinton Pier Pelee Island Pelee Passage Point Abino Port Burwell Port Dover Port Maitland Front Range Port Stanley Presque Isle Sandusky Harbor Pierhead South Bass Island South Buffalo Southside Southeast Shoal Toledo Harbor Turtle Island Vermilion West Sister Island