La Pointe Light

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La Pointe Light
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La Pointe Light
LocationLong Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates 46°43′43.2″N90°47′6.4″W / 46.728667°N 90.785111°W / 46.728667; -90.785111
Tower
Constructed1896
Foundation Concrete
Construction Cast iron
Automated1964
Height65 feet (20 m)
ShapeWhite, Skeletal with a central column
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
First lit1896
Focal height70 feet (21 m) [1]
LensFourth order Fresnel lens (original), 12-inch (300 mm)Tideland Signal ML-300 Acrylic Optic (current)
Range8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) [2]
Characteristic Green, Isophase (Equal interval), 6 sec
La Pointe Light Station
Nearest city Bayfield, Wisconsin
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
MPS U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP reference No. 83003366 [3]
Added to NRHPAugust 04, 1983

The La Pointe Light is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

Contents

Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as reference number 83003366. Listed in the Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-325 and WI-325-A. One of the oldest skeletal lighthouses on the Great Lakes, it played an important role in transportation on Lake Superior. [4]

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USCG archive photo

A square wooden tower, constructed in 1858, was located around 3,000 feet (910 m) west of the current light. [5] The previous lens was moved to the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse in 1897. It is one of the Apostle Islands Lighthouses.

Getting there

Most of the Apostle Islands light stations may be reached on the Apostle Islands Cruise Service [6] water taxi or by private boat during the summer. During the Annual Apostle Island Lighthouse Celebration [7] ferry tour service is available for all the lighthouses. In the tourist season, volunteer park rangers are on many of the islands to greet visitors. [8]

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References

  1. Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on January 30, 2008.
  2. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, New La Pointe Light Station. Archived 2013-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Old La Pointe Light Station.
  6. Apostle Islands Cruise Service.
  7. Apostle Island Lighthouse Celebration.
  8. Wobser, David, La Pointe Light Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine , Boatnerd Originally in Great Laker Magazine.

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