 Establishment of this light tower is credited with opening the southern coast of the Avalon Peninsula to residential development and trade.The Ferryland Head Lighthouse Keeper’s Dwelling, whose site selection, building design and construction were planned by Oke in 1869, was designated a municipal heritage site by the Town of Ferryland in 2006.In 1895, the famous isle of May light mechanism, first installed in Newfoundland in 1850 by Oke at the Cape Pine lighthouse, was moved to Harbour Grace Island, and finally to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, where it can be viewed today, a Provincial Historic Site.