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Green Island is a small 17-acre (0.07 km²)Explore the Lake Erie Islands: A Guide to Nature and History Along the Lake Erie Coastal Trail
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island of the
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. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County.


History

The U.S. Government bought Green Island in December 1851. A lighthouse was later constructed on the island in 1855. The most famous keeper of the lighthouse was Colonel Charles F. Drake, who lived on the island with his family until the lighthouse burned down on
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in 1863. A new, two-story lighthouse was constructed on the island in 1864. It remained active until 1939, when the U.S. Coast Guard replaced it with a skeletal tower with an automated light on top. Green Island is currently a wildlife refuge, managed by the
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, and is no longer open to the public.


References


Green Island Lighthouse

History of Green Island
Islands of Ottawa County, Ohio Islands of Lake Erie in Ohio Protected areas of Ottawa County, Ohio Nature reserves in Ohio {{OttawaCountyOH-geo-stub