Another week, another lighthouse. Alaska does not have a lot of lighthouses, but the ones it does have are pretty and sometimes spectacular. Search "lighthouse Alaska" on this blog to see what I mean.
This one is Guard Island, near Ketchikan (click there to see where).
Or, more descriptively:
"Located on a island marking the northern entrance to the Tongass Narrows from Clarence Strait, 9 miles (15 km) northwest of Ketchikan."
That's from the Lighthouse Directory, as is the following:"1924 (station established 1904). Active; focal plane 74 ft (22.5 m); white flash every 10 s. 30 ft (9 m) square cylindrical reinforced concrete tower with lantern and gallery, centered on the roof of a square concrete oil house; DCB-24 aerobeacon. Lighthouse is white concrete; lantern painted black."
Plenty of history there, including a murder. Not kidding.
One other page about it, at Neal's Lighthouse Blog (he has actually been there): Guard Island Lighthouse, Alaska
Unlike Neal, I haven't been there. But I have pictures of it below. As you'll see, Guard Island isn't very big. But where it is located is pretty.
And spectacular.
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