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West Sister Island Lighthouse as it appeared in 1904. The lighthouse sits on an 82-acre island in the western basin of Lake Erie. The lighthouse shown here was built in 1868 to replace an earlier tower. The lighthouse was automated in 1937 and the keeper’s house was demolished in the 1940s in military practice by the Army Air Corp in a World War II training exercise. West Sister Island took its place in history during the War of 1812. It was here, on September 10, 1813, that Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry sent the famous message to General William Harrison after the Battle of Lake Erie, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.” Today, instead of being a well maintained historic site that is open to the public, the island is now off limits to the public and is part of the West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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