Battle Island Light

Lighthouse

48°45′06.5″N 87°33′26.4″W / 48.751806°N 87.557333°W / 48.751806; -87.557333TowerConstructed1877 (first)Constructionwooden-frame (first)
poured concrete tower (current)Automated1991Height43 feet (13 m)Shapetapered octagonal tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, red lanternOperatorCanadian Coast Guard^[1]LightFirst lit1911 (current)Focal height117 feet (36 m)Range18 miles (29 km)CharacteristicFl (3) W 24s.

Battle Island Light is a lighthouse on the Canadian shore of Lake Superior. It is located on the westerly point of Battle Island, 28.5 miles (45.9 km) east-northeast from Lamb Island Light.

It was built as a white light, visible for 18 miles (29 km) in clear weather. When built, it operated as a bright flash, four-second interval, bright flash, four-second interval, and then bright flash, 16-second interval, with a concurrent lower-strength light operating at 12-seconds constant/ 12 seconds eclipsed. Its fog horn (originally referred to as a "fog diaphone") blasted for 3½ seconds and was then silent for 26½ seconds.^[2] The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1915–16 in response to increased demand from local wood pulp carriers and commercial fishing boats.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Western Ontario". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
^ U.S. Lake Survey (1916). "Lake Superior". Bulletin no. 25: survey of northern and western lakes. Detroit, MI: U.S. Lake Survey Office. p. 99.