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Peche Island Rear Range Light

Coordinates: 42°21′13″N 82°55′02″W / 42.3536°N 82.9172°W / 42.3536; -82.9172
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Peche Island Rear Range Light
undated photograph of Peche Island Rear Range Light (USCG)
Map
LocationDetroit River northeast of Peche Island
Coordinates42°21′13″N 82°55′02″W / 42.3536°N 82.9172°W / 42.3536; -82.9172[1]
Tower
Constructed1908
FoundationTimber crib[3]
ConstructionSteel plates[2]
Height66 feet (20 m)[3]
ShapeConical tower[2]
Light
First lit1908[2]
Deactivated1983[2]
Lenssixth-order Fresnel lens[3]
Lighthouse tower at its current location in Marine City, Michigan

The Peche Island Rear Range Light (or Peach Island Rear Range Light) was a historic lighthouse "off Peche Island in the entrance to the Detroit River from Lake St. Clair."[3] Located in American waters just north of the border to Canada[1] it was moved to Marine City, Michigan upon its deactivation.

History

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This light was built as part of a pair of range lights to guide ships to the south end of the lake.[3][4][5] Erected on a crib in open water, by 1908 it had developed a severe list to one side, and in 1983 it was replaced with a skeletal tower.[3] The old tower was saved, and minus its base, was installed in lighthouse Park in Marine City (42°42′59″N 82°29′30″W / 42.7164°N 82.4916°W / 42.7164; -82.4916), where it still stands.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Head of Detroit River including Grosse Pointe Channel, Lake St. Clair". Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1921. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. ^ a b "Peche Island, MI". LighthouseFriends.
  5. ^ "Old Peche Island Rear Range". Midwest Connection. Retrieved 6 May 2012.