List of lighthouses in Minnesota
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.
The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1858[1] and the last in 1922 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest active light is the Two Harbors Light.[2]
If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List,[3] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Minnesota". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Minnesota". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012.
- ^ "calculated using Google Maps and 1952 chart of Duluth–Superior Harbors". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ a b "Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota". LighthouseFriends.
- ^ a b c "Two Harbors Breakwater, MN". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved September 20, 2017.