The Isle Royale Light is located on Menagerie Island (see map below), the most easterly of the group of small islands at the opening of Siskiwit Bay, near the southern shore of Isle Royale

Isle Royale

Isle Royale is an island of the Great Lakes, located in the northwest of Lake Superior, and part of the state of Michigan. The island and the 450 surrounding smaller islands and waters make up Isle Royale National Park....

, and is part of the Isle Royale National Park

Isle Royale National Park

Isle Royale National Park is a U.S. National Park in the state of Michigan. Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior, is over 45 miles in length and 9 miles wide at its widest point. The park is made of Isle Royale itself and approximately 400 smaller islands, along with any submerged...

 (in Michigan, USA). It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1983.

This portion of Lake Superior has very severe storms. Readers may note that the building in the photo has steel shutters - that's not protection from vandals, but rather protection from water damage.

A comprehensive history of this light is documented by Terry Pepper and is not reproduced here.

Specialized Further reading

• "Unwatched Light with Stand-By at Isle Royal Light Station, Mich." Lighthouse Service Bulletin III, 62 (Feb 1, 1929), pp. 276–277.

External links

• Aerial photos, Isle Royale Light (Menagerie Island), marinas.com.
• Interactive map of lighthouses, Central Lake Superior, powered by Google.
• Interactive map of lighthouses in eastern Lake Superior, powered by Google.
• Lighthouse Central, Managerie Island light The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses by Jerry Roach. (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007). ISBN 978-0-9747977-2-4.
• Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Isle Royale Light.
• National Park Service
  National Park Service
  The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
  
  Maritime Heritage, Inventory of Historic Lighthouses, Isle Royale Light.
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Menagerie Island Light.
• Wobser, David, "Menagerie Island (Isle Royale) Light", Great Laker magazine (December, 2004). Boatnerd.com.