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Name: Ile Aux Galets Light  

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Also known as: Skillagalee Light

Also known as: Skillagallee Light

Nearest Town or City:
Cross Village, Michigan, United States

Location: Southwest of Waugoshance Island, Lake Michigan.


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Photo: Jaqueline Styles
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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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