St. Martin Island Light
Appearance
St. Martin Island Light is an
hexagonal tower is made of iron plates which are supported by six exterior steel posts that have latticed buttresses.[5][10]
The
cream city brick lightkeeper's house was modeled after that used for the Plum Island Range Lights.[5]
It was listed on the
The lighthouse keeper's dwelling has been abandoned and "is in poor condition."[10]
The light station is closed to the public. It is managed by in partnership with the Little Traverse Bay Band of the
References
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ a b Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ a b c "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ a b c d "Pepper, Terry, Seeing the Light, St. Martin Island Lighthouse".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, St. Martin Island Light". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Wobser, David, St. Martin Island Light". Boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ a b "Lighthouse Depot, St. Martin Island Light". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Maritime History Project, Michigan Lighthouses, Inventory of Historic Light Stations, St. Martin Island Light". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Saint Martin Island Light Station". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-12., Michigan Historic Sites Online,
- ^ "Little Traverse Bay Band of the Odawa Indian Nation". Archived from the original on 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
External links
Media related to St. Martin Island Light at Wikimedia Commons
- St. Martin Island Light on the World List of Lights
- Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses, which fails to list St. Martin Island Light.
- Interactive map of Lights in Northern Lake Michigan, mapped by Google.
- Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format.
- Map of lighthouses in western Lake Michigan.[permanent dead link]
- Boudreau, Sophie (April 14, 2020). "A Drone Flew High Above An Uninhabited Island In Michigan And Caught The Most Incredible Footage" (Video). Only in your state.