The Fairway Island 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 lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
located on the eastern entrance to
Peril Strait
Peril Strait or Shee Káx’ is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It is between Chichagof Island to its north and Baranof Island and Catherine Island (Alaska), Catherine Island to its south. The strait is long and r ...
, Alaska.
It is located on a small islet that lies between the southeastern end of
Chichagof Island
Chichagof Island (russian: Остров Чичагова), or Shee Kaax, is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Alaska Panhandle. At long and wide, it has a land area of , making it the fifth largest island in the United States and ...
and northern
Catherine Island, within the limits of
Sitka City and Borough.
Fairway Island Light
Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 7 June 2016
History
Fairway Island Lighthouse was built in 1904 and deactivated sometime between 1917 and 1925.
See also
* List of lighthouses in the United States
This is a list of lighthouses in the United States. The United States has had approximately a thousand lights as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights. Michigan has the most lights of any state with over 150 past and present l ...
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Lighthouses completed in 1904
Buildings and structures in Sitka, Alaska
Lighthouses in Alaska
1904 establishments in Alaska
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