La Pointe Light

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**La Pointe Light**

Location:	Long Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	46°43′42″N, 90°47′06″W
Foundation:	Concrete
Construction:	Cast iron
Year first lit:	1896
Automated:	1964
Tower shape:	White, Skeletal with a central column
Height:	64 ft (19.5 m)
Original lens:	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Range:	8 statute miles (13 km)
Characteristic:	Green, [[[Isophase Light\|Isophase]] (Equal interval), 6 sec

The La Pointe Light is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

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 1983, as reference number 83003366. Listed in the Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-325 and WI-325-A. It is one of the oldest skeletal lighthouses on the Great Lakes and played an important role in transportation on Lake Superior.

A square wooden tower, constructed in 1858, was located around 3000 feet west (0.9 km) of the current light. The previous lens was moved to the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse in 1897.