DeTour Reef Lighthouse
DeTour, MI. Lake Huron

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DeTour Reef Lighthouse

DETOUR REEF LIGHT

Location: MOUTH OF ST. MARY'S RIVER/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: DETOUR
County: CHIPPEWA
U.S.C.G. District: 9

Year Station Established: 1847

Existing Historic Tower:

• Year Light First Lit: 1931
• Is the Light Operational? YES
• Date Deactivated: N/A
• Automated: 1974
• Foundation Materials: CRIB
• Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE/STEEL
• Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
• Shape: SQUARE
• Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
• Tower Height: 63
• Original Optic: THIRD AND HALF ORDER
• Year Original Lens Installed: 1931
• Present Optic: VRB-25
• Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
• Height of Focal Plane: 74
• Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS WHICH SERVED BOTH ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE STATIONS FROM 1908 TO 1974 IS ON DISPLAY AT THE DETOUR PASSAGE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
• Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description: ONSHORE
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

• Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

• Year Constructed: 1931
• Number of Stories:
• Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
• Construction Materials:

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO DETOUR REEF LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: NONE Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

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