Location | Manitou Island, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 47°25′11″N 87°35′14″W / 47.41972°N 87.58722°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1850 |
Construction | Iron |
Automated | 1978 |
Height | 42.5 feet (13.0 m) |
Shape | Skeletal with central column |
Markings | White |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1862 |
Focal height | 25 m (82 ft) |
Lens | Third order Fresnel lens (original), 12-volt solar powered 7.5-inch (190 mm) acrylic optic (current) |
Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
Manitou Island Light Station | |
Nearest city | Copper Harbor, Michigan |
Built | 1861 |
MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
NRHP reference No. | 84001773[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Manitou Island Light Station is a lighthouse located on Manitou Island, off the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]