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| Location | Port Sanilac, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 43°25′44″N 82°32′24″W / 43.42889°N 82.54000°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1886  |
| Foundation | dressed stone masonry/timber[6] |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1928 |
| Height | 59 feet (18 m)[2] |
| Shape | Octagonal hourglass[7] |
| Markings | White with red roof |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1886[1] |
| Focal height | 69 feet (21 m)[3] |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens[8] |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[4] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 2.5 sec.[5] |
Port Sanilac Light Station | |
| Location | Lake St., Port Sanilac, Michigan |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001842[9] |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
Port Sanilac Light is a United States Coast Guard lighthouse located on Point Sanilac, near Port Sanilac on the eastern side of Michigan's Thumb.[1] It is an automated and active aid to navigation on Lake Huron.[10][11]
- ^ a b "Michigan Lighthouse Fund, Port Sanilac". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. But see, 11 nautical miles; 21 kilometres (13 mi) at Seeing The Light – Port Sanilac Lighthouse
- ^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Port Sanilac Lighthouse.
- ^ Close up photograph of the hourglass stair-step brickwork at Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light.
- ^ United States Coast Guard, Fresnel Lenses Still in Operation Archived 2009-03-25 at Archive-It.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses Detroit News.
- ^ Port Sanilac Lighthouse Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Pure Michigan.