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Managing Organization:
Isle Royale National Park
Telephone: 906-487-7153
Website: http://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm
Email:
Contact Address Information:
800 East Lakeshore Drive
Houghton
Michigan, 49931, United States
Notes:
This station is virtually abandoned; the keeper's house has been boarded up for many years.
Tower Height: 61
Height of Focal Plane: 72
Description of Tower: Octagonal sandstone tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Attached two-story keeper's house, storage shed, two privies.
Date Established: 1875
Date Present Tower Built: 1875
Date Automated: 1913
Optics: 1875: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed; now on display at Isle Royale National Park visitor center), now modern optic.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
Accessible by boat only. The lighthouse can be seen from the ferry between Isle Royale and Grand Portage, Minnesota. For information contact the Isle Royale National Park at (906) 482-0984.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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