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Managing Organization:
Alaska Lighthouse Association
Website: http://www.aklighthouse.org
Email:
Contact Address Information:
2116-B 2nd Street
Douglas
Alaska, 99801, United States
Notes:
In 2002 this light station was transferred by act of Congress to the Alaska Lighthouse Association along with 1505 acres of land. There are plans to open the station as a historical site and lodge. The lantern room of the lighthouse was removed in the 1950s, but the Alaska Lighthouse Association is having a new replica lantern room created and installed.
Tower Height: 25
Height of Focal Plane: 63
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 6 seconds.
Description of Tower: White cylindrical concrete tower on roof of fog signal building.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1 1/2 story wood frame keeper's quarters, cistern, boathouse.
Earlier Towers?
1904: Hexagonal wooden tower.
Date Established: 1904
Date Present Tower Built: 1923
Date Automated: 1973
Optics: 1904: Fourth order (?) Fresnel lens; now solar powered 300mm optic.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? By arrangement.
Directions:
Boat or float plane access only. Auke Bay Landing Craft and Excavation can provide transportation -- see www.aukebaylandingcraft.com or email peterb@gci.net for details.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Charles E. McLeod (1926-1930)
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