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POINTE AUX
BARQUES LIGHT
Location: POINTE AUX BARQUES REEF/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: PORT HOPE
County: HURON
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1848
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1857
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1958
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK & RED TRIM
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 89
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: DCB 224
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 93
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS
DISPLAYED AT GRICE MUSEUM
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1908
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: RED IRON OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, RED BRICK ASST.
KEEPERS DWELLING (1933)
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM IN KEEPERS
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER)/HURON COUNTY (DWELLING)
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73000949
Name of Listing: POINTE AUX BARQUES LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1972
Miscellaneous:
HOUSES MUSEUM FOR THE THUMB AREA BOTTOM PRESERVE; DIVERS MAY VIEW
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