SKILLAGALEE
(ILE AUX GALETS) LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: SW OF WAUGOSHANCE ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: CROSS VILLAGE
County: EMMET
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1850
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1888
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: STONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: OCTAGONAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 58
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 58
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (DEMOLISHED 1969)
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1969)
Other Structures: NONE--ALL BUT TOWER RAZED
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001389
Name of Listing: SKILLAGALEE LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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