Isle Royale Light

Isle Royale Light
(Menagerie Island Light)

The light in 2004
Location Menagerie Island, Houghton Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan
Coordinates 47°56′52.44″N 88°45′40.32″W / 47.9479000°N 88.7612000°W / 47.9479000; -88.7612000Coordinates: 47°56′52.44″N 88°45′40.32″W / 47.9479000°N 88.7612000°W / 47.9479000; -88.7612000
Year first constructed 1875
Year first lit 1875
Automated 1913
Foundation Rock
Construction Red Sandstone
Tower shape Octagonal
Height Tower height - 61 feet (19 m)
Focal height Focal plane - 74 feet (23 m)
Original lens Fourth order Fresnel Lens
Current lens 12-inch (300 mm) Tideland Signal Acrylic optic (ML-300)
Range 8.7 nautical miles; 16 kilometres (10 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 6s
ARLHS number USA-407
USCG number

7-16710

Isle Royale Light Station
Nearest city Isle Royale, Michigan
Built 1875
MPS U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP Reference # 83000880[1]
Added to NRHP August 04, 1983

The Isle Royale Light, or Menagerie Island Light, is a lighthouse within Isle Royale National Park, in Keweenaw County, northern Michigan.

Description

Isle Royale Lighthouse

It is located in Lake Superior on Menagerie Island, the most easterly of the group of small islands at the opening of Siskiwit Bay, near the southern shore of Isle Royale.

The light's residence has steel shutters for protection from stormwater damage, as this portion of Lake Superior has very severe storms.[2]

History

The Isle Royale Light was built in 1875 of red sandstone, as a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse. [3]

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

References

  1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. personal notes from GLLKA tour guides
  3. Seeing the Light, Menagerie Island Lightcomprehensive history of the Isle Royale Light, documented by Terry Pepper.

External links

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Isle Royale Lighthouse (lower center), on Menagerie Island at the opening of Siskiwit Bay in Isle Royale National Park
(right-click image to enlarge).


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