Sentinel Island Light

Sentinel Island Light
	Sentinel Island Light
Location	Lynn Canal, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, USA
Coordinates	58°32′46″N 134°55′22″W / 58.54611°N 134.92278°W
Tower
Constructed	1902
Foundation	Concrete
Construction	Wood frame/concrete
Automated	1966
Height	51 ft (86 ft above sea level)
Shape	Square
Power source	solar power
Heritage	National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit	1935
Lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Range	14 nm
Characteristic	Flashing white 10s, Obscured from 152° to 296°.

The Sentinel Island Light is a lighthouse in Alaska adjacent to Lynn Canal in Alaska.

Location

Sentinel Island Light is located at the northern entrance to the Favorite Channel, between the mainland and Lincoln and Shelter Islands. It was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2002.

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.^[2]

The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.^[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1] The listing included five contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and two contributing sites.^[3]

Image gallery

Original 1902 Lighthouse – USCG archive photo
1935 Lighthouse – USCG archive photo
Wreck of Princess May, as seen from Sentinel Island.

Notes

^ ^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" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying five photos

References

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

"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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Turner, Pacific Princesses, at pages 109 to 112.

[nrhpdoc-3] 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" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying five photos

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