Plum Island Range Lights

This article is about the historic range lights in Wisconsin. For the lighthouse in New York State, see Plum Island Light. For the historic lighthouse in Rhode Island, see Plum Beach Light.

Plum Island

Upon taking control of the island, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service initially closed Plum Island to public access to "ensure necessary protection of ground nesting migratory birds." ^[15] The island was opened to the public for seasonal day-time use in 2017. The island can be visited by private boat, kayak, or limited ferry from Gills Rock. Multiple hiking trails are available, however, buildings on the island are not generally accessible. ^[16]

References

1. Plum Island Range Front Light and Plum Island Range Rear Light in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 1, 2019
2. Plum Island Range Lights by Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light June 21, 2004, (Archived January 20, 2022)
3. "Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society, Plum Island Rear Range (Lake Michigan) Light ARLHS USA-608".
4. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
6. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. "Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks: Death's Door". Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
7. "History". Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
8. "Plum Island Fresnel Lens". Door County Maritime Museum. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
9. D'Entremont, Jeremy. "Islands at Death's Door" (October, 2003) Lighthouse Digest, Archived March 26, 2016
10. Foss, Matt (n.d.). "Saving the U.S. Life-Saving Station on Plum Island" (PDF). Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands, Inc. p. 30. Retrieved March 23, 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
11. Lighting the Way for the Future of Plum and Pilot Islands, Fish and Wildlife Journal, Midwest Region, May 16, 2008, (Archived May 9, 2009)
12. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
13. Wobser, David, Plum Island Range Lights Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine at boatnerd.com.
14. United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) (October 31, 2010). "Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge Historic Boathouse Receives a New Coat of Paint". USFWS. Retrieved March 23, 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
15. United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). "Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge". USFWS. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
16. Jackson Parr (9 June 2017). "Discovering Plum Island: Historic Island Now Open to Public". Door County Pulse. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

Further reading

• Eckert, Jack A. Life on Pilot Island in 1955. Archived 2007-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN   0-932212-98-0.
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the Light, Plum Island Range lights.
• Lighthouse Friends - Plum Island Range Lights
• Robb, David, Recollections of Plum Island at Seeing the Light.
• Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ISBN   0-923568-47-6; ISBN   978-0-923568-47-4.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN   1-55046-399-3.

External links

• Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin Archived 2007-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Plum Island Range Lights at Door County Maritime Museum
• Cleanup Completed at Wisconsin's Plum Island
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

Plum Island Range Lights

Location	Plum Island, Door County, US
Coordinates	45°18′29″N86°57′29″W / 45.308°N 86.958°W / 45.308; -86.958
Tower
Constructed	1896
Plum Island Range rear light
Rear range light with house
Constructed	1896
Construction	concrete (foundation), iron (tower)
Automated	1960s
Height	20 m (66 ft)
Shape	skeletal [1] [2] [3]
Markings	KRW [4]
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
First lit	1897
Focal height	24 m (79 ft)
Lens	fourth order Fresnel lens
Range	14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	F R

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