Sentinel Island Light
Lighthouse in southeastern Alaska, US
Lighthouse
58°32′46.5″N 134°55′23.6″W / 58.546250°N 134.923222°W / 58.546250; -134.923222white tower, red lantern
pbscured from 152° to 296°
Sentinel Island Light Station
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
The Sentinel Island Light is a lighthouse in Alaska adjacent to Lynn Canal.
Location
The Sentinel Island Light is at the northern entrance to the Favorite Channel, between the mainland and Lincoln and Shelter Islands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2002.
History
On August 5, 1910, the steamship Princess May grounded on rocks just north of Sentinel Island. Although the ship was successfully taken off the rocks on September 5, 1910, photographic images showing the ship pointing in the air at low tide became famous.[5]
The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[4] Other than the lighthouse, the district included four other contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and two contributing sites.[6]
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Princess May on the rocks, August 7, 1910 -
Princess May aground, as seen from Sentinel Island
See also
Alaska portal
Engineering portal
- List of lighthouses in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016
- ^ Scotch Cape Light Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2016
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Turner, Pacific Princesses, at pages 109 to 112.
- ^ a b Gary H. Gillette and Kebby Kelley (November 15, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sentinel Island Light Station / Sentinel Island Lighthouse / AHRS Site No. JUN-00085". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos
Sources
- Turner, Robert D., Pacific Princesses: An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess Fleet on the Northwest Coast, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC (1977) ISBN 0-919462-04-9
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sentinel Island Lighthouse.
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- Lighthouse Friends — Sentinel Island Lighthouse
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Alaska". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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