Raspberry Island Light

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Raspberry Island Light

Location: Raspberry Island, Wisconsin
Coordinates
WGS-84 (GPS)
46°58′14″N, 90°48′18″W
Year first lit: 1863
Automated: 1957
Deactivated: 1957
Foundation: Stone
Construction: Wood
Tower shape: Square
Height: 35 feet (11 m)
Original lens: Fifth order Fresnel lens

The Raspberry Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the southern part of Raspberry Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Bayfield 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 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-312.

The original Fresnel lens is on display at the Madeline Island historical museum.

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1940s overview of the Raspberry Island Light Station
1940s overview of the Raspberry Island Light Station