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Huron Island
State: MI
Year established: 1868
Latitude: 46 deg 57
min 54 sec N
Longitude: 87 deg 59
min 57 sec W
Height above sea level: 197 feet Original construction:
Schoolhouse design constructed with granite rock cut from the Huron Islands Rebuilds:
 1877: current 39-foot square granite tower attached to keeper's quarters.
Status:
automated in 1972; active aid to navigation; in National Wildlife Refuge
Light characteristic:
flashing white every 10 seconds, visible for 15 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=259
http://www.huronislandlighthouse.com
http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/huronisl.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Cultural Resources with Candace Clifford as Project Manager. Inventory of Historic Light Stations, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1994), p. 180
Berger, Todd R., Lighthouses of the Great Lakes, (Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2002), p. 133
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River above the St. Regis River, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2004), p. 145
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