Poe Reef

Year Established:
1929
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2009
Photo Credit:
Chad Kaiser
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
STRAITS OF MACKINAC SOUTH CHANNEL/LAKE HURON
Latitude:
45° 41.7'
Longitude:
84° 21.7'
City / Town:
BENTON TOWNSHIP
U.S. State:
Michigan
Location County:
CHEBOYGAN
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Poe Reef
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1929
Tower Construction Material:
CONCRETE / STEEL
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE CRIB
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
71
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
60
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
ML 300 SERIES E
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1929
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017