Alternate Name(s):
Dochet Island
Type:
Year Established:
1857
Existing:
No
Download:
Saint Croix ME 1974 REE.jpeg (476.22 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1974
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
Dochet Island, about 5 miles north of St. Croix River entrance
Latitude:
45° 7.7'
Longitude:
67° 8'
City / Town:
Calais
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
Washington
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1976
Disposition:
Station destroyed in 1976 fire
Year Tower Established:
1901
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
BRICK
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL TOWER ON DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE (1907); BOATHOUSE, BARN
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
0
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1957
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
The station was rebuilt in 1901; in 1976, three youngsters landed on the island on a windy day and started a campfire on the floor of the bell tower. The winds whipped the flames until most of the structures on the island were reduced to ashes.
The National Park Service has made a number of improvements to the island in recent years. As part of this project, the oil house remaining from the light station was demolished. The island’s 1885 boathouse, on the western shore, was stabilized. (Source: "The Lighthouses of Maine," by Jeremy D'Entremont)