Mendota (Bete Grise) Light

Mendota (Bete Grise) Light
Looking across the Mendota Channel
Map
LocationBete Grise, Delaware, Michigan
Coordinates47°22′27″N 87°58′00″W / 47.37417°N 87.96667°W / 47.37417; -87.96667[1]
Tower
Constructed1895
ConstructionBrick
Height42 feet (13 m)
ShapeSquare, attached T-shaped bldg. w/steep gable roof.[3]
MarkingsYellow with black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1895, 1998 Edit this on Wikidata
Deactivated1956
Focal height44 feet (13 m)
Lens4th Order Fresnel Lens
Range14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFlash W 20 secs.[2]
Bete Gris Lighthouse
LocationMendota, Michigan
MPSHistoric Engineering and Industrial Sites in Michigan TR
NRHP reference No.80004840[4]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1980

The Mendota Light, also known as the Bete Grise light, was built on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan to facilitate travel between Lake Superior and Lac La Belle (an artificial canal having been made to connect the two).

  1. ^ Amateur Radio Light House Society.
  2. ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
  3. ^ Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Bete Grise Light.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.