The Stony Point (Henderson) Light is a
lighthouse on the shore of
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border ...
near
Henderson Bay in
New York. The site was established in 1826, and the original lighthouse was lit in 1869. The light and attached keeper's quarters are currently privately owned. A new light was built in 1945, and it was automated in 1950. This light is maintained by the
US Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and maritime law enforcement, law enforcement military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight Uniformed services ...
. The site is not open to the public.
History
Stony Point (Henderson) Light is listed as one of New York's Historic Light Stations.
[National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program's Inventory of NY Historic Light Stations](_blank)
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References
Further reading
* Oleszewski, Wes. ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses'', (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
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* U.S. Coast Guard. ''Historically Famous Lighthouses'' (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia'' Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006)
External links
*
Lighthouse Friends site
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Lighthouses completed in 1869
Lighthouses completed in 1950
Lighthouses in Jefferson County, New York
1869 establishments in New York (state)
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