Sand Island Light (Wisconsin)

For the lighthouse at the entrance to Mobile Bay, see Sand Island Light (Alabama).
Sand Island Light
Map
LocationSand Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates47°00′11.91″N 90°56′14.72″W / 47.0033083°N 90.9374222°W / 47.0033083; -90.9374222[1]
Tower
FoundationStone
ConstructionSandstone
Automated1921
Height42 feet (13 m)
ShapeOctagonal
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places contributing property Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1881
Deactivated1933-1985
Focal height56 feet (17 m)[2]
LensFourth order Fresnel lens (original), SeaLite LED Marine Lantern [3] (current)
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
CharacteristicWhite, flashing, 6 s[1]

The Sand Island Light is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Sand Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

The Lighthouse Board chose to use a design that had been used on McGulpin Point Light in 1868; Eagle Harbor Light in 1871; and White River Light in 1875.[4]

Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-313.

Attached to the lighthouse is a Norman gothic keepers quarters.

  1. ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
  2. ^ Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes".
  3. ^ Draft Historic Structure Report/Cultural Landscape Report, Sand Island Light Station US National Park Service, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 2011.
  4. ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Sand Island Light.