Type:
Year Established:
1857
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1901
Download:
Charity Island MI 2009 Chad Kaiser.jpeg (308.07 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Chad Kaiser
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
BIG CHARITY ISLAND/SAGINAW BAY ENTR./LAKE HURON
Latitude:
44° 02'16"
Longitude:
83° 26'57"
City / Town:
STANDISH
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
HURON
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1939
Year Tower Established:
1857
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
45 FT ABOVE WATER
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
39 FT
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1857
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
REBUILT KEEPERS QUARTERS ON ORIGINAL FOUNDATION
OPTICS
Current Optic:
ACETYLENE LAMP
Original Optic Type:
KEROSENE LAMP
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
Keeper's Dwelling was destroyed and rebuilt.