Sturgeon Point Light

Sturgeon Point Light
	Sturgeon Point Light in September 2018
Location	Haynes Township, Alcona County, Michigan, USA
Coordinates	44°42′45.7″N 83°16′21.8″W / 44.712694°N 83.272722°W
Tower
Constructed	1869
Foundation	Limestone
Construction	Brick
Automated	1939
Height	71 feet (22 m)
Shape	Frustum of a cone
Markings	white daymark with red trim
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1869
Focal height	69 feet (21 m)
Lens	Sixth order Fresnel Lens (original), 3½-order Fresnel Lens (current)
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic	flash every six seconds
	Sturgeon Point Light Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Michigan State Historic Site
Nearest city	Harrisville, Michigan
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1869
Architect	United States Lighthouse Board
Architectural style	Cape Cod style
MPS	U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP reference No.	84001370
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 19, 1984
Designated MSHS	February 18, 1982

The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse on Lake Huron in Haynes Township, Alcona County, northeastern lower Michigan.^[8]^[9] Established to ward mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) lakeward from Sturgeon Point,^[1] it is today regarded as a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse.^[10]

^ ^a ^b Alcona Historical Society. "Sturgeon Point Lighthouse & Museum". Retrieved August 6, 2012.
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
^ But see Pepper, Terry. "Database of Original Lenses". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2000. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ State of Michigan (2009). "Sturgeon Point Light Station". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ "Sturgeon Point (Lake Huron) Light ARLHS USA-823". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ "World List of Lights (WLOL)". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
^ Pepper, Terry. "Sturgeon Point Light Station". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.