Squaw Point

Year Established:
1897
Existing:
No
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Little Bay De Noque/Lake Michigan
Latitude:
45° 49.56'
Longitude:
87° 00.31'
City / Town:
Gladstone
U.S. State:
Michigan
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Squaw Point
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Disposition:
Burned Down then Removed by Coast Guard
Year Tower Established:
1897
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK, MILWAUKEE CREAM
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
40
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
34
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1897
Other Structures:
ORIG. BOATHOUSE, OIL HOUSE, PRIVY

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
None
Original Optic Type:
SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1897
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
Destroyed
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018