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Cape North Tower — From Coast to Museum

Operational tower, 1980 relocation, and museum display in Ottawa

How did the Cape North lighthouse tower become a museum heritage structure?

This route follows the verified Cape North tower from coastal service through dismantling, transfer and museum display.

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Story path

Guided stages with identity-layer-friendly language.

    The tower served at Cape North.

    The tower left Cape North lighthouse service.

    Primary confirmation of the 1980 removal date is still open.

    The tower left Cape North, but its heritage identity continued in a museum.

    The full narrative is explored in the related Heritage Journey.

    Sources and review notes are available in the Journey Research workspace.

Research path

Same nodes and edges with canonical IDs, relation IDs, and review state.

    installed_at relation linking the tower to the Cape North heritage place.

    Transition code
    installed_at_station
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000203
    Evidence state
    accepted

    removed_from relation; detailed engineering documentation of the move remains an open question.

    Transition code
    removed_from_station
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000204
    Evidence state
    accepted
    Uncertainty
    Primary confirmation of the 1980 removal date is still open.

    displayed_at and current_location relations for museum custody at Canada Science and Technology Museum.

    Transition code
    displayed_by_institution
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000206, HERITAGE-REL-000207
    Evidence state
    accepted

    Journey record cape-north-tower represents the authored narrative for this identity chain.

    Transition code
    represented_by_heritage_journey
    Relation IDs
    Journey membership / evidence context
    Evidence state
    accepted

    Evidence context links to Journey sources without duplicating canonical claims.

    Transition code
    supported_by_evidence
    Relation IDs
    Journey membership / evidence context
    Evidence state
    accepted

Open uncertainty

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