Managing Organization: Private owner
Notes: This lighthouse still has its rare, original birdcage-style lantern. It was only in service a short time before it was replaced by the Baileys Harbor Range Lights. The old birdcage-style lantern is in poor condition as of August 2001. Description of Tower: Conical stone tower. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings? Keeper's dwelling. Date Established: 1851 Date Present Tower Built: 1851 Date Deactivated: 1869 Current Use: Private residence. Open To Public? No. Directions: From Highway 57 North, take Ridges Road and follow to the end. The lighthouse is just offshore on an island. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse! Keepers: David Ward (1853-1854), Michael Green (1854-1855), Newton Bacon (1855-1862), William Mitchell (1862-1863), William Darling (1863-1869)
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