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Lighthouse at the south entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Wisconsin

Lighthouse

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Light
Tower


Location	Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°47′42.038″N 87°18′48.03″W / 44.79501056°N 87.3133417°W / 44.79501056; -87.3133417
Constructed	1899
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Steel / Iron
Height	98 feet (30 m)
Shape	Cylindrical
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place

Light
First lit	1899
Focal height	32 m (105 ft)
Lens	Second order Fresnel lens
Range	17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic	Red, flashing 10 s



Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1899 (1899)
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR (Archived October 17, 2012)
NRHP reference No.	84003666
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984

The Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the Coast Guard station near Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

Situated on the east side of the south entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, as the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse. The lighthouse originally was constructed in 1899; instability forced the addition of steel bracing in 1903. It is similar to the reinforced Devils Island Lighthouse.

There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light.

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Notes

^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
Sturgeon Bay Canal Light in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 18, 2019
^ Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, npgallery.nps.gov

References

"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.

External links

Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse (Archived October 24, 2021)
Lighthouse friends article
NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 19, 2006)

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