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Name: Burrows Island Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Anacortes, Washington, United States

Location: West side of Burrows Island, Rosario Strait.


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Photo: Stan Severi
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Managing Organization:
Northwest Schooner Society

Notes:
The lighthouse is owned by the Northwest Schooner Society and the optic is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The original lens is at Admiralty Head Light in Fort Casey State Park on Whidbey Island.

Tower Height: 34

Height of Focal Plane: 57

Characteristic and Range: White flash every 6 seconds.

Description of Tower: White, square wood tower on fog signal building.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
1906 two-story duplex wood frame keeper's house, storage building, integral one-story wood frame fog signal building.

Date Established: 1906

Date Present Tower Built: 1906

Date Automated: 1972

Optics: 1906: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now LED optic.

Fog Signal: Automatic horn with 2 blasts every 30 seconds.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? No.

Directions:
Accessible by boat only.


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