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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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

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

"Unwatched Light with Stand-By at Isle Royal Light Station, Mich." Lighthouse Service Bulletin III, 62 (Feb 1, 1929), pp. 276–277.
Lighthouse Central, Managerie Island light The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses — by Jerry Roach. (ISBN 978-0-9747977-2-4; Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isle Royale Lighthouse.

National Park Service.gov: Maritime Heritage, Inventory of Historic Lighthouses — the Isle Royale Light — Isle Royale National Park.
Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy: Isle Royale Light
Marinas.com: aerial photos of Isle Royale Light (Menagerie Island Light)
Boatnerd.com: "Menagerie Island (Isle Royale) Light" — by David Wobser; Great Laker magazine; December, 2004.
Isle Royale National Park: History & Culture
Interactive map of lighthouses, Central Lake Superior, powered by Google.
Interactive map of lighthouses in eastern Lake Superior, powered by Google.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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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