Last week I featured a lighthouse on a little rock in the Gulf of Bothnia, and this week I'm featuring a lighthouse in the North Channel that connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron that's on an even smaller rock.
This week's lighthouse is the West Sister Rock light. It truly is a lighthouse on a rock. But in an important place, where there are rocks that could threaten a ship, and ships do use the channel.
Here's where it is. You'll have to look close. If you switch to the satellite view, there's at least one ship wake visible south of the lighthouse.
Lighthouse Friends has a good page on the history of this one, with additional pictures: West Sister Rock Lighthouse
So, basically, it was built in 1885 (on North Sister Rock - they moved it to West Sister in 1905) and it's 9 meters tall. And it's hexagonal.
Here are some pictures I found:
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| From Marinas.com |
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