The Sturgeon Bay Canal lighthouse is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
located at the
Coast Guard station near
Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeo ...
in
Door County
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,066. Its seat of government is Sturgeon Bay.
It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. T ...
,
Wisconsin
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.
Situated on the east side of the south entrance to the
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal is a ship canal connecting Sturgeon Bay with Lake Michigan across the Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Wisconsin. A dredged channel continues through Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay (Lake Michigan), G ...
, it was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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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
The Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located on Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin, Door County, Wisconsin.
Painted red, the light is situated on the north pier of the southern entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.
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Gallery
Notes
References
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Further reading
* Havighurst, Walter (1943) ''The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes'', Macmillan Publishers
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.
* 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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* Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) ''Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present'' (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ; .
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia'' Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .
External links
Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum.
(Archived October 24, 2021)
Lighthouse friends article
(Archived October 19, 2006)
Lighthouses completed in 1899
Lighthouses in Door County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
1899 establishments in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin
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