The first time I discovered Port Stanley’s Main Beach for myself a few years ago, I could have sworn I’d been transported somewhere in the Caribbean. By day, the beach is packed with sun worshippers playing volleyball or lying on the sand. By night, live music wafts from the back deck of GT’s Beach Bar & Grill, which literally sits atop the sand. The beach’s distinctive energy makes it one of the finest spots on Ontario’s Lake Erie coastline.

The Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse has made world news this winter after waves from Lake Erie, propelled by high winds, turned it into an ice structure.

The lighthouse was automated in 1965 and the Fresnel lens was removed and donated to the Great Lakes Science Center, where it is on display.

Now, photos of the lighthouse are on display the world over. After a local photographer took some of the first images of the ice sculpture forming, the lighthouse went viral, appearing on news outlets the world over, including Pakistan.