Chequamegon Point Light
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| Location: | Long Island, Wisconsin |
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| Year first lit: | 1896 |
| Automated: | 1964 |
| Deactivated: | 1986 |
| Foundation: | Originally on a concrete pier |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Tower shape: | White skeletal |
| Height: | 35 feet (11 m) |
| Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
The Chequamegon Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Long Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.
The Chequamegon Point light was maintained by the keeper of the La Pointe Lighthouse and its original lens came from the La Pointe lighthouse. It is currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. The lighthouse was moved back on to the shoreline after it was replaced by a modern D9 cylindrical tower constructed in 1986.
[edit] External links
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
- Volume 7, 2003 USCG Lightlist (PDF) Current D9 light is listed
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