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Managing Organization:
Isle Royale National Park
Telephone:
906-487-7153
Website: http://www.nps.gov/isro/index.htm
Email: ISRO_Superintendent@nps.gov
Contact Address Information:
800 East Lakeshore Drive
Houghton
Michigan,
49931,
United States
Notes:
This station is virtually abandoned; the keeper's house has been boarded up for many years. Tower Height: 61 Height of Focal Plane: 72 Description of Tower: Octagonal sandstone tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Attached two-story keeper's house, storage shed, two privies. Date Established: 1875 Date Present Tower Built: 1875 Date Automated: 1913 Optics: 1875: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed; now on display at Isle Royale National Park visitor center), now modern optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
Accessible by boat only. The lighthouse can be seen from the ferry between Isle Royale and Grand Portage, Minnesota. For information contact the Isle Royale National Park at (906) 482-0984. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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