Coordinates: | 42.3536°N -82.9172°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1908 |
Yearlit: | 1908 |
Yeardeactivated: | 1983 |
Foundation: | Timber crib |
Construction: | Steel plates |
Shape: | Conical tower |
Lens: | sixth-order Fresnel lens |
The Peche Island Rear Range Light (or Peach Island Rear Range Light) was a historic lighthouse "off Peche Island in the entrance to the Detroit River from Lake St. Clair." Located in American waters just north of the border to Canada[1] it was moved to Marine City, Michigan upon its deactivation.
This light was built as part of a pair of range lights to guide ships to the south end of the lake.[2] Erected on a crib in open water, by 1908 it had developed a severe list to one side, and in 1983 it was replaced with a skeletal tower. The old tower was saved, and minus its base, was installed in lighthouse Park in Marine City (42.7164°N -82.4916°W), where it still stands.[3]