Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse
THUNDER BAY
ISLAND LIGHT
Location: SOUTHEAST END THUNDER BAY ISLAND/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: ALPENA
County: ALPENA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1832
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1832
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1980
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN
- Shape: CONICAL (MODIFIED 1857)
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 50
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: 190 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 69
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1892
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE/ORIG. BELL
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1868
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR (ATTACHED)
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING, BOATHOUSE, DOCK (WEST
SIDE OF ISLAND)
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO THUNDER BAY ISLAND
PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001371
Name of Listing: THUNDER BAY ISLAND LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST
GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
1832
TOWER HEIGHTENED 1857; ISLAND PROVIDES NESTING FOR COLONIAL NESTING
MIGRATORY BIRDS; BOTH STATE AND FEDERALLY-LISTED ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND
ON THE ISLAND |
