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West Sister Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in the Western Basin of Lake Erie. The 82 acres (33 ha) island, jointly managed by the United States Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is Ohio's only designated Wilderness Area, the West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge. [1] Most of the island is covered ...
(Island Coordinates) 1831 (Former) 1866 (Current) Never 1904 (Now Ruins) None Unknown Vermilion Light: Vermilion: 1847 (Former) 1877 (Current) 1991 (Replica) 1920 1929 (Dismantled) Fifth order Fresnel lens (Replica) Unknown West Sister Island Light: Jerusalem Township
Lighthouse museums in Ohio (2 P) Pages in category "Lighthouses in Ohio" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... West Sister Island Light
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The small island is divided between the U.S. states of Michigan and Ohio, with the abandoned lighthouse structure located within Ohio. When Turtle Island fell back to federal ownership, the newly established Port of Toledo received $5,000 of federal funding from the United States Congress to build the lighthouse in 1831. [1]
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The Lorain West Breakwater Light, also called the Lorain Harbor Light, is a lighthouse in Lorain, Ohio, United States. The light was built in 1917 on Lake Erie by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was taken out of service in 1965 when it was replaced by an automated lighttower on a nearby breakwater. [3]
Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the American side of the Great Lakes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It has guided sailors safely along the rocky shores of Marblehead Peninsula since 1822, and is an active aid to navigation .