Port Sanilac Light

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption = Port Sanilac Lighthouse
location = Port Sanilac, Michigan
coordinates = coord|44.254|-83.449
yearlit = 1886
automated = 1928
yeardeactivated =
foundation =
construction = Brick
shape = Octagon-hourglass
height = Tower - convert|59|ft|m
elevation = Focal plane - convert|69|ft|m [ [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/lists/focalheight.htm Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Table of Lighthouse focal planes.] ]
lens = Fourth order Fresnel lens
range = convert|16|mi|km [ [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, US Coast Guard Lightlist (PDF).] "But see", convert|13|mi|km at [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/huron/sanilac/ Seeing The Light - Port Sanilac Lighthouse ] ]
marking = White with red roof
characteristic = Fl (3) W 10s1s fl 1s ec.1s fl 1s ec.1s fl 5s ec.
ARLHS = USA-651
USCG = 7-10115

Port Sanilac Light is a United States Coast Guard lighthouse located on Point Sanilac, near Port Sanilac on the eastern side of Michigan's Thumb. It was established and first lit in 1886. It is operational and automated. This Lake Huron lighthouse is less than 30 miles away from the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse (Michigan's oldest) in Port Huron, Michigan. The foundation consists of dressed stone and timber. The octagon-hourglass-shaped tower (near its top) is made of tiered and reverse stair-stepped brick. It is white with a red roof. Inside is housed a fourth order Fresnel lens (pronounced [freɪ'nel] ) [ [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/WEBLIGHTHOUSES/LHMI.html Coast Guard information and photographs of Port Sanilac light.] ] manufactured by Barbier and Fenestre of Paris. The lens and its brass reflector on one segment (the reflector blocked the lens on the landward side) send the light out in a 300 degree arc across the lake. Its focal plane is 69 feet sends light visible for up to 13 miles. The light sits atop high ground at the head of a small bay. The placement and the unique shape were dictated by and created because of budgetary constraints (Congress appropriated only half the money requested). Designed by Eleventh District Engineer Captain Charles E. L. B. Davis, the design has been called "both unique and architecturally significant in its elegance." [ [http://www.terrypepper.com/Lights/huron/sanilac/index.htm Port Sanilac Lighthouse at Seeing the Light by Terry Pepper.] ] Port Sanilac Light Station — Lake St. is a registered historic landmark, being added in August 19, 1984 Reference #84001842. Name of Listing: PORT SANILAC LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR). [ [http://www.michiganlights.com/portsanilaclh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy.] ]

This "handsome" lighthouse shares its design with only one one other, Ile Aux Galets, also known as Skilligallee Island Light, on Lake Michigan. [ [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miel.htm Lighthouse Digest, Port Sanilac Light, University of North Carolina.] ]

The lighthouse is private property, access around it is prohibited. Viewing from the parking lot is very good. You can also walk down toward the beach and breakwater to get a good view of the lighthouse and harbor.

In addition to the Lighthouse keeper's residence, three other structures on the site are the brick oil house, wooden outhouse and wooden covered well. [ [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Huron/portsanilac.htm Wobser, David, Boatnerd.com Port Sanilac Light.] ]

Because of its unique and picturesque form and location, it is often the subject of photographs, and even of needlepoint illustrations. [ [https://www.dataleap.com/secure/pin/orderpage.htm Needlepoint of Port Sanilac Light.] ] Drawings have also been produced. [ [http://home.rochester.rr.com/mjm/light2.html Mulgrew, Marilyn, Drawing of Port Sanilac Light.] ]

References

External links

* [http://marinas.com/view/lighthouse/322 Aerial photos, Port Sanilac Light, marinas.com.]
* [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPECIAL01/80519001 Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses.]
* [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/Maps/GL/HuronW.htm Interactive map of lighthouses in area.]
* [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/HuronW.htm Interactive map, list, information for lighthouses in North and West Lake Huron.]
* [http://www.lighthousecentral.com/lighthouse_gallery.php4?lighthouse=Port%20Sanilac%20Lighthouse Lighthouse Central, Port Sanilac Lighthouse Photographs, History and Directions, "The Ultimate Guide to East Michigan Lighthouses" by Jerry Roach] (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - July 2006).] ISBN 0974797715; ISBN 9780974797717.
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miel.htm Lighthouse Digest, Port Sanilac Light, University of North Carolina.]
* Michigan.gov website has a [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_lightmap_50933_7.pdf Map of Michigan Lighthouses] .
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/Lights/huron/sanilac/index.htm Port Sanilac Lighthouse] at Seeing the Light by Terry Pepper.
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/sanilac.htm National Park Service, Inventory of Lights, Port Sanilac light.]
* [http://www.michiganlights.com/portsanilaclh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy.]
* [http://www.michiganlighthouse.org/Lighthouses/lighthouse_detail.php79.htm Michigan Lighthouse project, Port Sanilac.]
* U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp 's complete list of Michigan lights with photographs and descriptions, including Port Sanilac light.]
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, US Coast Guard Lightlist (PDF).]
* [http://www.us-lighthouses.com/displaypage.php?LightID=235 U.S. Lighthouses, Port Sanilac Light.]
* [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Huron/portsanilac.htm Wobser, David, Boatnerd.com Port Sanilac Light.]

Bibliography and further reading

* [http://www.michiganlighthouse.org/bibliography.html Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses.]
* Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, "The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses" (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
* Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. "The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes." Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
* Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, "American Lighthouses" (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
* Jones, Ray,"The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference" (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
* Noble, Dennis, "Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy" (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997). ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
* Oleszewski, Wes, "Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses", (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
* Penrod, John, "Lighthouses of Michigan", (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 9780942618785 ISBN 9781893624238.
* Stonehouse, Frederick. "Marquette Shipwrecks". Marquette, MI: Harboridge Press, 1974.
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* Putnam, George R., "Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States", (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
* United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation", (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
* [http://www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/h_lhbib.asp United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography".]
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* Wagner, John L., "Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective", (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) ISBN 1880311011 ISBN 9781880311011.
* Wargin, Ed, "Legends of Light: A Michigan Lighthouse Portfolio" (Ann Arbor Media Group, 2006). ISBN 9781587262517.
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, "Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia" Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.

ee also

*Lighthouses in the United States