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The light replaced the 1837 lighthouse on Turtle Island at the mouth of the Maumee River. It is an active aid to navigation . The lighthouse is built on a 20-foot-deep (6 m) stone crib , 8.4 miles (13.5 km) from the mouth of the Maumee River , marking the entrance to the Toledo harbor.
Maumee Bay State Park is a 1,336-acre (541 ha) public recreation area located on the shores of Lake Erie, five miles east of Toledo, in Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Major features of the state park include a lodge and conference center, cottages, camping facilities, golf course, nature center, and two-mile-long ...
Turtle Island is located about five miles (8.0 km) northeast of the mouth of the Maumee River in Maumee Bay. Today, the island houses several abandoned structures and the ruins of Turtle Island Light, a lighthouse dating back to 1866.
Grand River (Fairport Harbor) Light: Fairport Harbor: 1825 (Former) 1871 (Current) Never 1925 None Unknown Green Island Light: Put-in-Bay Township (Green Island: 1855 (Former) 1864 (Current) 1926 1939 (Now in ruins) None Unknown Huron Harbor Light: Huron
The bay and the surrounding wetlands form most of the Maumee River basin, and in 1975 part of the area was incorporated into Maumee Bay State Park. The park is not huge, covering 1,450 acres (5.9 km 2), but its wetlands feature some of the best bird watching in the United States. The Maumee Bay area is a popular vacation spot in the Midwest ...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.. If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, [1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information ...
It was described as one of the finest lighthouses on the Great Lakes, and its light could be seen up to 14 miles (23 km) away. [1] However, the erosion of the island continued to threaten the lighthouse to the point where a 4-foot (1.2 m) tall concrete wall was constructed in 1883 around the lighthouse to prevent crashing waves and erosion from ...
Location of Lucas County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lucas County, Ohio.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lucas County, Ohio, United States.