Lake Borgne Light

Lake Borgne Light
	Lake Borgne Light (USCG)
Location	N side of entrance to Lake Borgne from the Mississippi Sound
Coordinates	30°10′30″N89°27′14″W / 30.175°N 89.454°W Coordinates: 30°10′30″N89°27′14″W / 30.175°N 89.454°W
Tower
Height	43 ft (13 m)
Shape	house
Light
First lit	1889
Deactivated	1937
Lens	fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	fixed white

Last updated February 20, 2023

The Lake Borgne Light was a lighthouse in Mississippi at the entrance to Lake Borgne on what is now Lighthouse Point, east of Heron Bay. It was built in 1889 to replace an earlier light on St. Joseph's Island further east, which was shrinking and is now completely gone.^[2] The new light sat on a screwpile foundation in the marsh and was reached by a boardwalk; it was equipped with a fifth order Fresnel lens. The house was destroyed by the 1906 Mississippi hurricane but was rebuilt; it was deactivated in 1937 and abandoned.^[2] The foundation of the light is marked as a hazard on present day charts, as the point of land has eroded further.^[3]

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References

1 2 List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
1 2 3 4 Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses . Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 108-109. ISBN 9780762704439 . Retrieved 2016-02-27.
↑ Chart 11371: Lake Borgne and Approaches: Cat Island to Point aux Herbes (Map). 1:80,000. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

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[ll.1907-1] 1 2 List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

[lost.lights-2] 1 2 3 4 Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses . Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 108-109. ISBN 9780762704439 . Retrieved 2016-02-27.

[chart-3] Chart 11371: Lake Borgne and Approaches: Cat Island to Point aux Herbes (Map). 1:80,000. NOAA Office of Coast Survey. 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

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