Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light Explained

Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light
Location:	Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Coordinates:	44.792°N -87.3095°W^[1]
Yearbuilt:	1882 (First) 1903 (Current)
Yearlit:	1903
Foundation:	Concrete
Construction:	Cast iron
Shape:	Cylindrical on square fog signal house
Lens:	Sixth order Fresnel lens (original), 300mm Tideland Signal ML-300 acrylic lens (current)
Range:	^[2]
Characteristic:	Red, flashing 2.5 s

The Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located on Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin.

Painted red, the light is situated on the north pier of the southern entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.

There are two lighthouses at this location, the other being the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse.

References

General sources

Further reading

• Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
• Web site: Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes . Pepper, Terry . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402173558/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm . 2022-04-02 .
• Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ; .
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .

External links

• Aerial photos of Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light at Marinas.com.
• Door County Lighthouses, Door County Marine Museum
• Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light (Archived May 17, 2021)
• Lighthouse friends article
• NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
• Satellite view at Google Maps

Notes and References

1. https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1992147/sturgeon-bay-canal-north-pierhead-light/ Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light
2. https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1992147/sturgeon-bay-canal-north-pierhead-light/ Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light