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Port Washington (WI 38)
September 29, 2000
latitude 43° 23' 7" N
longitude 87° 51' 34.8" W
Built in an Art Deco style, this lighthouse is 1800' from the shore
(nicely marked out in 100' intervals all the way out the breakwater) |
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Port Washington South Breakwater (WI 38A)
September 29, 2000
latitude 43° 23' 4.1" N
longitude 87° 51' 39" W
This is the other side of the entrance way. No
where near as pretty, but a light [house] and not in the book. |
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Old Port Washington (WI 38B)
June 11, 2004
latitude 43° 23' 27.5" N longitude 87° 52' 3.9"
W
This is the original light for the lights shown above.
Established in 1849, and this light built in 1860, it was active till
1935 when the pierhead light was built. The "light" on the top is
a recent reconstruction, without that it looked more like a warehouse. It's currently a museum. |
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Sheboygan
(WI 37)
latitude 43° 44' 58.2" N
longitude 87°
41' 33.7" W
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From I-43, take Kohler Drive east to its end at 4th Street in downtown Sheboygan.
Turn south on 4th street to Niagara. Turn east on Niagara to Broughton Drive. turn south
on Broughton to Wisconsin Ave. Turn east on Wisconsin and enter the marina parking lot.
The breakwater is a long walk. |
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Manitowoc
(WI 36)
June 11, 2004
latitude 44° 5' 31.6" N longitude 87° 38' 34.8" W
The lighthouse is built on top of the fog alarm, so looks much like a
wedding favor cake. The picture is taken from the rear deck of the SS
Badger on our way into Manitowac. |
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Two Rivers, WI (North Pierhead (WI 35))
September 29, 2000
This actually is only the top of a now inactive
lighthouse. It's part of a museum on Great Lakes. |
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Rawley Point
(Two Rivers (WI 34))
September 29, 2000
latitude 44° 12' 38.4" N
longitude 87° 30' 32.5" W
Although the site was established in 1853, this lighthouse was moved
here from Chicago in 1894. It's the tallest skeletal steel tower
lighthouse. |
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Kewaunee Pierhead
(WI 33)
June 10, 2004
latitude 44° 27' 26.2" N longitude 87° 29' 35.5"
W
While this looks like a full home, it really is just an
housing for the fog horn, and an automated light. Allegedly a
duplicate of Big Red in Holland, with the color differences, it's really
hard to compare
because of the major differences in color.
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Algoma Pierhead
(WI 32)
June 10, 2004
latitude 44° 36' 24.8" N longitude 87° 25' 45.9"
W
We were told to use a boat to get to this one. This picture
is taken from the shore with the long lens, but not using all of it.
If you're willing to walk out the south pierhead (the lighthouse is on the
north side), you wouldn't need to be George Washington to throw a silver
dollar at it. |
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Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
(WI 30)
June 10, 2004
latitude 44° 47' 42" N longitude 87° 18' 48" W
While Sturgeon Bay is on the West Side of Door
County, the boats travel the east side in the middle of Lake Michigan.
So they cut a canal through the peninsula, but clearly needed to mark it
well. This light (and the one beloW illuminate the passageway for
sailors.
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Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead
(WI 31)
June 10, 2004
latitude 44° 47' 31.3" N
longitude 87° 18' 33.8" W
For some reason (probably a need to load supplies), there's a Pier
right by the canal. This light illuminates the Pier. The
building also contains a fog horn, so it is larger than just the light
requires.
Note carefully the height of the catwalk. During heavy storms, this
area can get very wet. |
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Old Bailey's Harbor
(WI 28)
June 9, 2006
Built in 1851, the lake Captains didn't like the
placement of this light. In 1869, it was replaced with the range
lights shown below and has been abandoned. Note however the "bird
cage" shelter for the light itself. This is the original, and one
of only 3 on the great lakes. (To get to this light,
follow the road that passes by the range lights below as far as it will
go, and bring a long lens.) |
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Old Bailey's Front Range (WI 29)
June 9, 2006
latitude 44° 4' 13.4" N
longitude 87° 7' 10.6" W
The replacement for the light above was a pair of lights,
arranged in a range formation (the captain lined the two
lights up so
that they were atop each other, then follows that into the harbor).
What's most interesting is that the front range appears to be a
duplicate of the Front Range at. Presque Isle Michigan. |
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Old Bailey's Rear Range (WI 29R)
June 9, 2006
latitude 44° 4' 22.1" N longitude 87° 7' 15.5" W
At the end of a very long walkway is this other light,
which today is a nature preserve office and sometimes private residence. Once again, it seems to be a
duplicate, but this time of the light at
Copper Harbor (also in
Michigan, but on Lake Superior) |
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Cana Island
(WI 27)
June 10, 2004
latitude 45° 5' 17.9" N longitude 87° 2' 57.1" W
The Cana Island light is a complement to the lights
above - intended to get sailors safely into Bailey's Harbor (or at least
safely past the rocks that surround it). As we visited it, the
Island is actually a peninsula, with a natural causeway about 6" to 1'
above the lake level. With lake levels low, you can imagine how
wet that causeway can be when either the lake is higher or the winds are
stronger (in high winds, the wave splash hits the power wires over the
causeway). |
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Plum Island
Rear Range
(WI 22)
June 9, 2006
latitude 45° 18' 27" N longitude 86° 57' 27.1" W
These range lights direct the channel south of Plum
Island. This picture is taken a day after the photo below while we were on our
GLLKA cruise. |
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Plum Island
Front Range
(WI 22F)
June 9, 2006
latitude 45° 18' 13.6" N longitude 86° 57' 17.6"
W
The photograph was taken from the Washington Island ferry
which normally goes west of Plum Island, but due to weather, this time
went south (very nice for us). |
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Pilot Island
(WI 23)
June 10, 2006
latitude 45° 17' 3.5" N longitude 86° 55' 9.1"
W
This light is the second attempt to show how to get
into the passage into Green Bay. (The third attempt is the range lights
shown above.) The house is now abandoned and quickly going to seed
(actually, the cormorants are turning it into a fertilizer factory) but
the light is still used seasonally for navigation.
It's original name was Port des Morts, which became translated into the
Door of the Death, which is how Door County was named. |
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Washington Island Harbor (WI 23W)
June 10, 2006 We finished up our GLLKAw1
Michigan Cruise with a stop at Washington Island (had 12 passengers that
needed a pick up). As we pulled into harbor, Ken Wardius (co-author of
The Lighthouses of Wisconsin) commented that the
light shown on the left is not in many directories of lights, and it should
be.
While it looks like a simple channel marker, you will note that it does
have a solar operated light on the top, it is a fixed installation (not a
buoy) and it has a classic "day mark" which also serves as the channel mark.
On the other hand, if it is a light, it probably qualifies for "one of the
ugliest". |
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Pottawatomie (Rock Island) (WI 24)
The island is accessible from late
May to October by passenger ferry from Washington Island which is
accessible by ferry from Northport. Given that there is a 2 mile
walk to the lighthouse, this is not a small effort to get from Northport
to the lighthouse and back the same day.
Photo courtesy sweet mustache [Flickr] |
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St. Martin Island
(MI 112) |
The light station is managed by the Little
Traverse Bay band of the Odawa Indian Nation. Located on an island in
the Rock Island Passage entrance to Green Bay, about 12 miles southwest
of Fairport. Site and tower closed. |
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Poverty Island (MI 113) |
This fine brick lighthouse, a sibling of the
Sturgeon Point Light, deserves much better attention. Located on an
island about 8 miles south of Fairport. |
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Eagle Bluff
(WI 21)
June 11, 2004
latitude 45° 10' 7.1" N longitude 87° 14'
11.6" W
This is as far north as you can get in Door County
without using a ferry. It's located in a very nice State Park
(called Peninsula Park), so requires the $3 access fee (which is good
for one hour for out of state people) As built, it featured a 3
1/2 Fresnel lens, but now is a solar powered light. |
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Green Island (ruins)
(WI 19)
June 10, 2006
The main light on Green Island was abandoned and a new light (see
below) was constructed. A
combination of neglect, vandalism, and storms created this result. |
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Green Island (WI 19C)
June 10, 2006
This is the current light on Green Island. It's
just to the east of the ruins shown above. Probably very
efficient, but no were near as interesting to look at. |
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Chambers Island
(WI 20)
June 10, 2006
This light is on the west end of Chambers Island and is now a private
residence. The light has been removed and put in a museum (in
NEBRASKA!). The column to the right is now the authentic light.
There's no way to get here except by boat. |
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Sherwood Point
(WI 18)
June 9, 2006
latitude 44° 53' 33.8" N longitude 87° 26'
0.9" W
The light is fully automated. During the summer,
it's used as a residence for vacationing Coast Guard Personnel, so
access may be difficult. It's on the western edge of the Sturgeon
Bay Ship Canal.
To get here, exit 57 on County road PD,
take a left (west) on County Road C, then go north on County Road M.
In about 3 miles, take a left on E. Sherwood Pt. Rd. |
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Peshtigo Reef (WI 17)
June 10, 2006
This location marks a long reef that runs across (east-west) Lake
Michigan. It originally was a
lightship, but when they learned how
to pour concrete in water, this quickly was made into a crib light.
Hard to get to, we were part of a GLLKA tour of Lake Michigan. Note
the brown streak in the water - that's how high the reef is. If you
don't pay attention, this is major problem for most any boat. |
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Kimberly
Point (Neenah) (WI 12) From Highway 41
west of Neenah, take Exit 131 and follow Highway 114 east into the city.
After 1.6 miles, turn right onto E. Wisconsin Avenue. After 0.9 miles,
where Wisconsin Avenue ends at the lake, turn left on Lakeshore Avenue,
which will lead to the park and the lighthouse.
Note that this light, and the next 3, are actually on Lake Winnebago,
not Michigan
Photo courtesy cmstpprr
[Webshots]
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Brays
Point (WI 13)
From Highway 45 in
Oshkosh north of the Fox River, take Irving Avenue east for 0.6 miles to
Broad Street. Turn right onto Broad Street and follow it for 0.9 miles
to Bay Shore Drive. Turn left onto Bay Shore and continue for 0.8 miles
to Lake Street. The lighthouse can be seen from the street at the corner
of Lake Street and Bay Shore Drive
Photo courtesy cmstpprr
[Webshots]
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Fond Du Lac
(WI 14)
latitude 43° 47' 51.5" N longitude 88° 26' 14.1" W
At the junction of
Highways 45 and 151 in Fond du Lac, turn north on Main Street and
continue into Lakeside Park. When the road tees, turn right on Promen
Drive and follow it to Park Drive.
Photo courtesy cmstpprr [Webshots]
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Pipe (WI 15) |
In 2006 the island was listed for sale and apparently sold; the new
owners are not known. Located on the southwest side of Pipe Island,
northeast of DeTour Village. |
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Green Bay Yacht Club (WI 11)
June 10, 2006
These lights were the a range system on Grassy Island until 1966 when they
were removed for a dredging project. They are now located at the
Green Bay Yacht club and pleasantly mark the channel entrance. |
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Long Tail Point (ruins) (WI 10) |
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Menominee North Pier
(MI 48)
June 9, 2006
latitude 45° 5' 48.8" N longitude 87° 35' 9.6" W
Yet one more cast iron, bright fire engine red lighthouse at the end of
a pier. The weather this day was bright and clear, but with a strong
wind and only about 54°. With the wind
coming in, the pier is pretty wet, so these photos are taken with the long
lens rather than walking out and getting very wet.
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In fact, this is a very unusual front and rear range
combination. Usually this is done on a ground basis, but as you can
see here, it can also be done on a pier.
Rear Range (MI 48R) |
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Sand Point (Escanaba)
(MI 46)
June 8, 2006
latitude 45° 44' 36.6" N longitude 87° 2' 16.8" W
Note that this lighthouse is built backwards - the light faces the
town, not the water. Maybe from 8 miles out it doesn't make any real
difference, but all the other engineers seem to think it did. |
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Escanaba Harbor (MI 47)
September 29, 2000
latitude 45° 44' 47.7" N longitude 87° 2' 14.9" W
This light isn't even listed in the book,
but it's in the middle of the Escanaba channel. Maybe the book
thinks it's only a buoy. |
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Minneapolis Shoal (MI 45) |
Located 9.6 miles
south of Peninsula Point, marking the entrance to Little Bay De Noc.
This lighthouse is best seen from the water or air. The distant shot is
from the southern tip of Peninsula Point. One can charter a plane
with Orion Flight Services
out of the airport near Sturgeon Bay. |
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Peninsula Point
(MI 44)
September 29, 2000
latitude 45° 40' 5.9" N longitude 86° 58' 1.2" W
The bulk of the lighthouse burned down in 1959, and only the
tower remains. Physically, this is directly east of Escanaba, but
nearly an hours drive (at the end of county 513) if you can't fly. |
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