MANITOU ISLAND
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: OFF KEEWANAU PENINSULA/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: COPPER HARBOR
County: KEWEENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1850
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1861
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1978
- Foundation Materials: DESTROYED BY EROSION
- Construction Materials: IRON
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: SKELETAL W/CENTRAL COLUMN
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 80
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1861
- Present Optic: 190 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 81
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: WHISTLE
Existing Keepers Quarters?
- Year Constructed: 1861
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: RECTANGULAR FRAME
- Construction Materials: WOOD
Other Structures: BOATHOUSE; SKELETAL TOWER ATTQACHED TO HOUSE VIA
ENCLOSED PASSAGEWAY
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO NORTH WOODS CONSERVANCY
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001773
Name of Listing: MANITOU ISLAND LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT
LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
ALONG WITH WHITEFISH POINT IS OLDEST SKELETAL TOWER ON GREAT LAKES;
PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GROWTH OF MICHIGAN COPPER INDUSTRY; USCG PLANS
TO TRANSFER PROPERTY OUT OF USCG OWNERSHIP |
