Sand Island Light (Wisconsin)

Infobox_Lighthouse
name= Sand Island Light


caption =
location = Sand Island, Wisconsin
coordinates = coord|47|00|12|N|90|56|12|W|region:US_type:landmark
yearlit = 1881
automated = 1921
yeardeactivated = 1933-1980
foundation = Stone
construction = Sandstone
shape = Octagonal
height = 40 feet (12 m)
lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens
range = 7 statute miles (11 km)
characteristic = White, flashing, 6 s
ARLHS = USA-722
USCG = 7-15580The Sand Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the northern tip of Sand Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.

Currently owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, part of reference number 77000145. Listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-313.

Attached to the lighthouse is a Norman gothic keepers quarters.

ee also

*Apostle Islands Lighthouses

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/apis/sand.htm NPS - Sand Island Light Station]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=689 Lighthouse friends article]
* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/park/sandisl.htm NPS - Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin]
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, USCG Lightlist (PDF)]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wi0238 Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey] Survey number HABS WI-313