| POINT IROQUOIS LIGHT |
Note: This data was collected from the United States Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and other members of the Michigan Lighthouse Fund. We are not responsible for omissions or inaccuracies.
Location: WHITEFISH
BAY UPPER PENINSULA
Body of Water: Lake Superior
County: Chippewa
Year Station Established: 1855
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 46° 29' 03"
Longitude: 84° 37' 57"
Year Constructed:
1871
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit:
1871
Operational?
No
Automated?
1962
Deactivated:
1971
Foundation Materials:
CEMENT
Construction Materials:
BRICK
Ancillary Buildings:
No
Grounds:
Yes
Bottomlands:
No
COE Structure:
No
Architectural Style:
CONICAL
Markings/Pattern:
WHITE TOWER/BLACK PARAPET & LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure:
ATTACHED
Original Lens:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1870
Owner:
U.S. Forest Service
Open to the Public?
Yes
Museum:
Yes
National Register Status:
LISTED; Reference #75000940
Other Important Dates:
1902 (assistant keeper's house built)
History:
GUIDE TO ST. MARYS RIVER; SOO LOCKS CONNECTION BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND OTHER GREAT LAKES; PART OF HIAWATHA NATIONAL FOREST; REPLACED BY AUTOMATIC SIGNAL BEACON INSTALLED IN CHANNEL ACROSS THE BAY FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE; RENOVATION BEGUN 1983
