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Managing Organization:
Mendota Conservancy
Website: http://www.mendotalighthouse.com
Notes:
The original fourth order Fresnel lens from this lighthouse was restored and returned to the tower in 1998, and it has been relighted as a private aid to navigation. There are plans to restore all the buildings.
Tower Height: 44
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 20 seconds, visible for 14 miles.
Description of Tower: Square yellow brick tower attached to keeper's house.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
2.5 story brick keeper's house, oil house, barn, privy.
Date Established: 1870
Date Present Tower Built: 1895
Date Deactivated: 1960-1998
Date Automated: 1933
Optics: 1895: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Private aid to navigation.
Open To Public? By appointment.
Directions:
From US Route 41, take the road that goes south toward Lac LaBelle. At the lake turn left and follow the road to its end at the Mendota Ship Canal; the lighthouse can be viewed across the canal. 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
Keepers: William Jilbert (1895-1933)
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