Today, the only traces remaining of the St. Lawrence House hotel are the low stone walls that bordered its entrance. The original building was demolished in the 1950s, but you only need to look across the road to the West to understand why this was such a good spot for a hotel: the view of the bay and of the Metis Lighthouse, a well-known and well-loved feature of the local landscape, is stunning.
The first lighthouse, built from wood, was opened in 1874; the building you see today replaced the original in 1909 as a stronger and more durable structure that could support the weight of a more powerful and heavier light. In 1918 a foghorn was added in a separate building. Fog on the Lower St. Lawrence was deemed a greater risk to shipping than the high seas and rocks. The foghorn had the secondary function of warning residents that it was not a good morning to get up early for golf!