Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light

Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light
Map
LocationE. breakwater Keweenaw Waterway, N. end, .4 mi. offshore, Hancock Township, Michigan
Coordinates47°14′4″N 88°37′49″W / 47.23444°N 88.63028°W / 47.23444; -88.63028
Tower
Constructed1950
FoundationCrib
Constructionsteel tower
Automated1970s
HeightTower - 70 feet (21 m)
Shapesquare tower on cylindrical base
Markingswhite
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1950
Focal height82 feet (25 m)
LensVRB-25 marine beacon.
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
CharacteristicFl White, 15 sec
Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light
Built1950
NRHP reference No.14000425[2]
Added to NRHPJuly 18, 2014

The Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is a lighthouse located at the north end of the Portage River in McLain State Park in Hancock Township, Michigan.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[2]

  1. ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. p. 144.
  2. ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Program: Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2013-04-23). "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Western Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.