Apostle Islands Lighthouses
- Apostle Islands Lighthouses
Infobox_nrhp | name =Apostle Islands Lighthouses
nrhp_type =hd
caption = The original Michigan Island light, one of the six lighthouses listed
nearest_city= Bayfield, Wisconsin
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
built =1857
architect= U.S. Lighthouse Service
added = March 08, 1977
governing_body = Bureau of Land Management
refnum=77000145[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]The Apostle Islands Lighthouses are a group of six lighthouses, located in the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as reference number 77000145.
The following lighthouses are listed under this reference number:
*Michigan Island Lighthouse (Two lighthouses located at this site)
*Raspberry Island Lighthouse
*Outer Island Lighthouse
*Sand Island Light
*Devils Island Lighthouse
Other lighthouses are in the area, but are not included in the Apostle Islands Lighthouses listing:
*La Pointe Lighthouse and Chequamegon Point Lighthouse (listed together as the La Pointe Light Station, #83003366)
*Ashland Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse - In the vicinity, but not technically in the Apostle Islands.
*Gull Island Light, Gull Island
References
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/apis/historyculture/lighthouses.htm NPS - Lighthouses of the Apostle Islands]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WI/Ashland/state.html Ashland County Historic Places]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/wi.htm NPS - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wi.htm Lighthouse Digest, Wisconsin lighthouses, Algoma Pierhead Light, University of North Carolina.]
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