Open Air Museum · A Self-Guide Tour
These landmarks serve as a living gallery, transforming the town itself into an open-air museum. Each highlighted location represents a piece of our local heritage—from weather-worn maritime relics to forgotten architectural landmarks—that remain where history left it.
St. Louis Shipwreck - photo provided by Cape Vincent Historical Museum
Seaway Buoys
photo by Dennis McCarthy
DEC Fisheries Research Station and Aquarium - photo by Stacie Rogers
Tibbetts Point Lighthouse
photo by Dennis McCarthy
Rose & Crown Iron Gun
photo by Dennis McCarthy
Historic Anchors on the Village Green
photo by Dennis McCarthy
Fort Haldimand
artistic visualization of the site
Breakwater Lighthouse
1949 photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
Cape Vincent Historical Museum
photo by Dennis McCarthy
The Hatchery Ponds
artistic visualization of the site
Cape Vincent’s Lights & Lighthouses
Tibbetts Point Lighthouse
photo by Dennis McCarthy
East Charity Shoal Lighthouse
photo by Kevin Matkoski
Breakwater Lighthouse
1949 photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
Carleton Island Light
artistic visualization of the site
