Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Apostle Islands Lighthouses

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nearest city
  
Bayfield, Wisconsin

NRHP Reference #
  
77000145

Built
  
1857

Added to NRHP
  
March 8, 1977

Apostle Islands Lighthouses

Architect
  
U.S. Lighthouse Service

There are several historic lighthouses on Lake Superior on or near the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. Six of these lighthouses, all in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, were listed as a group on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 under the name Apostle Islands Lighthouses.

The Apostle Islands lighthouses are popular among tourists. Lighthouse historian Terry Pepper has described them as "one of the more interesting geographically centered collection of [lighthouse] structures" in the United States. Another lighthouse historian, F. Ross Holland, has called them "the largest and finest single collection of lighthouses in the country."

The following lighthouses were included in the 1977 National Register listing:

  • 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
  • Major restoration projects were initiated at several of the lighthouses of the Apostle Islands in 2013.

    References

    Apostle Islands Lighthouses Wikipedia