Foundation Pile with platform Opened 1916 Material Wood | Construction Wood Focal height 16 m Year first constructed 1916 (original house) | |
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Year first lit 1975 (current skeleton tower) Tower shape Square tower on 1½ story keeper's house Markings / pattern White with black lantern Similar Atchafalaya Basin, Southwest Reef Light, Chandeleur Island Light, Ship Shoal Light, Pass Manchac Light | ||
The Point Au Fer Reef Light was a lighthouse built in 1916 on Eugene Island in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to mark a new channel across Point Au Feu Reef. It replaced Southwest Reef Light as the entrance light for the Atchafalaya River. The light was deactivated and replaced by a skeleton tower in 1975. The Coast Guard then offered it to the South Lafourche Cultural and Historical Society, which declined, so the Coast Guard burned it down.
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