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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
Gull Rock Light is a typical "schoolhouse" type lighthouse similar to some others on the Great Lakes. The building has been allowed to deteriorate since automation and is in need of restoration.
Tower Height: 46
Height of Focal Plane: 50
Description of Tower: Square brick tower attached to keeper's house.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Attached two story brick keeper's house.
Date Established: 1867
Date Present Tower Built: 1867
Date Automated: ?
Optics: 1867: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm, solar powered.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only. The lighthouse is surrounded by dangerous reefs. Keweenaw Excursions offers cruises that pass this lighthouse; see www.keweenawexcursions.com or call 906-482-0884, or email Kraig@portup.com.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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