Location: WHITEFISH BAY/LAKE SUPERIOR
Body of Water: Superior
County: Chippewa
Year Station Established: 1855
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 46° 29' 03"
Longitude: 84° 37' 57" |
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POINT IROQUOIS LIGHTHOUSE
|
| 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 |
