Myths - Gibraltar Point Lighthouse (Toronto Island)

The story holds that the first lighthouse keeper disappeared mysteriously and that the site is rumored to be haunted. Mr. John Paul Rademuller during the temperate years shortly following the war with America was brewing bootleg beer. Two drunken soldiers made their way to the lighthouse to demand some of the beer; however, when Rademuller refused them, they clocked him over the head and killed him. To cover their crime, they dismembered his body and planted poor old John Paul all around his lighthouse. On dark and stormy nights, John Paul Rademuller can be seen trekking up to light his beacon. On other nights (or in other stories), his specter (apparition) can be seen looking for his lost limbs. To add some credence to this story, lighthouse keeper George Durnan unearthed some bones near the structure in 1893.