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Managing Organization:
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
Telephone: 313-662-1200
Website: http://sthelena.hypermart.net/
Notes:
Volunteers, including local Boy Scout troops, have worked to restore this lighthouse. The station is under the care of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association; the Coast Guard still maintains the active optic.
Tower Height: 71
Height of Focal Plane: 71
Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1.5 story brick keeper's house, assistant keeper's house, boathouse, oil house, privy.
Date Established: 1873
Date Present Tower Built: 1873
Date Automated: 1922
Optics: 1873: 3 1/2 order Fresnel lens; now 250 mm optic, solar powered.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
The island is accessible by boat only. Tours are available by appointment; call 313-662-1200 for information. It can also be seen from tours offered by Mackinac Seaplane Tours -- see www.mackinacseaplanes.com or call 906-632-9746.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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