The Isle Royale Light, or Menagerie Island Light, is a lighthouse within

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, in

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, northern

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, United States.

Description

It is located in

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on Menagerie Island, the most easterly of the group of small islands at the opening of Siskiwit Bay, near the southern shore of

Isle Royale Isle Royale National Park is an American national park consisting of Isle Royale – known as Minong to the native Ojibwe – along with more than 400 small adjacent islands and the surrounding waters of Lake Superior, in the state of Michigan. ...

. The light's residence has steel shutters for protection from stormwater damage, as this portion of Lake Superior has very severe storms.

History

The Isle Royale Light was built in 1875 of red

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

, as a U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse.''Seeing the Light, Menagerie Island Light''
— ''comprehensive history of the Isle Royale Light, documented by Terry Pepper. It was placed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1983.

References

* "Unwatched Light with Stand-By at Isle Royal Light Station, Mich." ''Lighthouse Service Bulletin'' III, 62 (Feb 1, 1929), pp. 276–277.
Lighthouse Central, Managerie Island light ''The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses''
— by Jerry Roach. (; Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007).

External links

— ''Isle Royale National Park''. * ttp://www.michiganlights.com/isleroyallh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy: Isle Royale Light
Marinas.com: aerial photos of Isle Royale Light (Menagerie Island Light)

— by David Wobser; ''Great Laker'' magazine; December, 2004.

* ttp://www.lighthousesrus.org/Maps/mapIt.htm?file=GL/Superior1.xml Interactive map of lighthouses in eastern Lake Superior, powered by Google.* {{authority control Lighthouses in Keweenaw County, Michigan Lake Superior Isle Royale National Park Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan Lighthouses completed in 1875 Uninhabited islands of Michigan National Register of Historic Places in Isle Royale National Park