.jpg) Point Iroquois Light (July 2018) | |
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| Location | Whitefish Bay, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 46°29.021′N 84°37.541′W / 46.483683°N 84.625683°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1856  |
| Foundation | Cement |
| Construction | Brick[3] |
| Automated | 1962 |
| Height | 65 feet (20 m)[1] |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone |
| Markings | White tower, black parapet and lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1856 / 1870 |
| Deactivated | 1971 |
| Focal height | 72 feet (22 m)[2] |
| Lens | Fourth-order Fresnel lens[4][5] |
| Range | 13 nautical miles; 24 kilometres (15 mi) |
| Characteristic | flash every 30 seconds |
Point Iroquois Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Brimley, Michigan |
| Area | less than 1-acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000940[6] |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1975 |
Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between Whitefish Bay and the western end of the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes.
Point Iroquois includes a larger geographic area than the light station site. It was named for the Iroquois warriors massacred there by the Ojibwe in 1662. Native Algonkians called the point "Nadouenigoning", composed of the words "Nadone" (Iroquois) and "Akron" (bone).[7]
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ "Maritime History Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations Iroquois Point Lighthouse". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2005-02-21. Retrieved 2005-03-13.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Original Lenses". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ National Park Service, Hiawatha National Forest, Iroquois Light and Museum.