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Managing Organization: U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: The keeper's house and other buildings at this station were demolished when the light was automated in 1969. Tower Height: 58 Height of Focal Plane: 58 Description of Tower: White, octagonal brick tower. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings? None. Date Established: 1850 Date Present Tower Built: 1888 Date Automated: 1969 Optics: 1888: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 300 mm. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions: Accessible by boat only. The lighthouse can be seen from tours offered by Mackinac Seaplane Tours -- see www.mackinacseaplanes.com or call 906-632-9746. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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