Location: SE END THUNDER BAY ISLAND/LAKE HURON
Body of Water: Huron
County: Alpena
Year Station Established: 1832
Siting: Island
Latitude: 45° 02' 12"
Longitude: 83° 11' 42" |
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE THUNDER BAY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
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| Year Constructed: |
1832 |
| Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: |
1832 |
| Operational? |
Yes |
| Automated? |
1980 |
| Deactivated: |
Not Available |
| Foundation Materials: |
DRESSED STONE/TIMBER |
| Construction Materials: |
BRICK |
| Ancillary Buildings: |
Yes |
| Grounds: |
No |
| Bottomlands: |
No |
| COE Structure: |
No |
| Architectural Style: |
CONICAL (MODIFIED 1857) |
| Markings/Pattern: |
WHITE W/RED LANTERN |
| Relationship to Other Structure: |
ATTACHED |
| Original Lens: |
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL |
| Owner: |
U.S. Coast Guard |
| Lessee: |
Thunder Bay Island Preservation Society |
| Open to the Public? |
No |
| Museum: |
No |
| National Register Status: |
LISTED; Reference #84001371 |
| Other Important Dates: |
1857 (10-foot tower built); 1868 (residence reconstructed); 1893 (fog signal building added) |
| History: |
1832 TOWER HEIGHTENED 1857; ISLAND PROVIDES NESTING FOR COLONIAL NESTING MIGRATORY BIRDS; BOTH STATE AND FEDERALLY-LISTED ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND ON THE ISLAND |
