Isle Royale Light - Wikipedia

Isle Royale Light
(Menagerie Island Light)
Tower
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; -88.7612000
Constructed	1875
Foundation	Rock
Construction	Red Sandstone
Automated	1913
Height	height - 61 feet (19 m)
Shape	Octagonal
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place

Light
First lit	1875
Focal height	74 feet (23 m)
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel Lens (original), 12-inch (300 mm) Tideland Signal Acrylic optic (ML-300) (current)
Range	8.7 nautical miles; 16 kilometres (10 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 6s



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 No.	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, United States.

Description

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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

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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

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ 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).

Isle Royale Lighthouse (lower center), on Menagerie Island at the opening of Siskiwit Bay in Isle Royale National Park

External links

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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" Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine — 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.

v t e Lighthouses in Michigan
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Northern Upper Peninsula	Au Sable Big Bay Point Copper Harbor Copper Harbor Front Range Crisp Point Eagle Harbor Eagle Harbor Range Lights Eagle River Fourteen Mile Point Grand Island East Channel Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Grand Island North Grand Marais Range Lights Granite Island Gull Rock Huron Island Isle Royale Manitou Island Marquette Breakwater Outer Marquette Harbor Mendota (Bete Grise) Munising Front Range Munising Rear Range Ontonagon Ontonagon Harbor West Breakwater Portage River (Jacobsville) Passage Island Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light Rock Harbor Rock of Ages Sand Hills Sand Point Light (Baraga) St. Martin Island Stannard Rock Thunder Bay Island Whitefish Point
Southern Upper Peninsula	DeTour Reef Lansing Shoals Manistique East Breakwater Martin Reef Menominee Pier Minneapolis Shoal Naubinway Island Peninsula Point Poverty Island Sand Point Seul Choix Squaw Island St. Martin Island
St. Mary's River	Frying Pan Island Pipe Island Point Iroquois Round Island Light (St. Mary's River) Six Mile Point Range Rear Winter Point Range Front
Portage River/Ship Canal	Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Portage Lake Rouleau Point Range Front and Rear Lights
Straits of Mackinac	Bois Blanc McGulpin Point Old Mackinac Point Round Island Round Island Passage St. Helena Island Wawatam
Western Lower Peninsula	Beaver Island Harbor Beaver Island Head Big Sable Point Cedar River Charlevoix Charlevoix South Pier Frankfort Frankfort South Range Grand Haven North Pierhead Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance Grand Haven South Pierhead Inner Grand Traverse Grays Reef Holland Harbor Ile Aux Galets Little Sable Point Little Traverse Ludington Manistee Pierhead Manning Memorial Mission Point Mission Point (1933) Muskegon Breakwater Muskegon Pier North Manitou Shoal Pentwater North Pierhead Pentwater South Pierhead Point Betsie Portage Lake South Fox Island South Haven South Manitou Island St. Joseph North Pier Inner St. Joseph North Pier Outer Waugoshance White River White Shoal
Eastern Lower Peninsula	Alpena Caseville Harbor Charity Island Cheboygan Crib Cheboygan River Front Range Detroit River Fort Gratiot Forty Mile Point Fourteen Foot Shoal Gibraltar Gravelly Shoal Harbor Beach Lake St. Clair Mariners Memorial Middle Island Miller Memorial New Presque Isle Old Presque Isle Peche Island Rear Range Poe Reef Pointe aux Barques Port Austin Port Sanilac Saginaw Bay Saginaw River Rear Range Spectacle Reef St. Clair Flats Front and Rear Range Light Sturgeon Point Tawas Point Thunder Bay Island Tri-Centennial Light of Detroit William Livingstone Memorial Windmill Point
Historical (lost) lights	Au Sable North Pierhead Belle Isle Clinton River Ecorse Ecorse Range Rear Gibraltar Grassy Island Grassy Island North Channel Range Lights Grassy Island South Channel Range Lights Grosse Ile North Channel Range Lights Grosse Ile South Channel Range Lights Harwood Point East Range Front Kalamazoo River Mama Juda Mama Juda Range Front Manistee Main Middle Lake George Monroe Pier New Buffalo North Manitou Island Saginaw Bay Sand Beach North Entrance East Squaw Point St. Mary's River Lower Range Front Vidal Shoals Channel Range Front and Rear Lights Windmill Point Range Front and Rear Lights
Related	Lightship Huron List of lifesaving stations in Michigan Wixom Lake, Musselman Island lighthouse

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Isle Royale National Park
Historic districts	Johns Hotel Minong Traditional Cultural Property Minong Mine Historic District Tobin Harbor Historic District
Properties	Algoma America Chester A. Congdon Cumberland Edisen Fishery Emperor George M. Cox Glenlyon Henry Chisholm Ishpeming Fire Tower Isle Royale Light Station Kamloops Monarch New Feldtmann Fire Tower Ojibway Fire Tower Passage Island Light Station Rock Harbor Light Rock of Ages Light Station
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Isle Royale National Park and National Register of Historic Places listings in Keweenaw County, Michigan

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Keweenaw County, Michigan
Historic districts	Central Mine Historic District Eagle River Historic District Fort Wilkins Johns Hotel Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and Golf Course Complex Minong Traditional Cultural Property Minong Mine Historic District Tobin Harbor Historic District
Historic properties	SS Algoma SS America (1898) Brockway Mountain Drive Central Mine Methodist Church SS Chester A. Congdon Church of the Assumption Copper Harbor Light PS Cumberland Eagle Harbor Coast Guard Station Boathouse Eagle Harbor Light Eagle Harbor Schoolhouse Edisen Fishery SS Emperor USS Puritan (ID-2222) SS Glenlyon Gull Rock Light Station SS Henry Chisholm Holy Redeemer Church Houghton County Traction Company Ahmeek Streetcar Station Ishpeming Fire Tower Isle Royale Light SS Kamloops M-26–Cedar Creek Culvert M-26–Silver River Culvert Manitou Island Light Station SS Monarch New Feldtmann Fire Tower Ojibway Fire Tower Passage Island Light Rock Harbor Light Rock of Ages Light Sand Hills Light US 41–Fanny Hooe Creek Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Keweenaw County, Michigan and List of National Historic Landmarks in Michigan