When the old Baileys Harbor Lighthouse needed to be replaced, the Lighthouse Board decided that range lights at the head of Baileys Harbor with nearby Cana Island light would serve navigation better. The rear fixed white Bailey Harbor Range Light is in the keeper’s house. Near the shore and 950 feet from the rear light, the front fixed red range light was in an octagonal tower. Ships entering the harbor needed to keep the white light directly above the red light as they entered the harbor. Although the first keeper of the new Baileys Harbor Range Lights was appointed on December 1, 1869, the lights were not put into operation until the navigation season opened the following year.

Baileys Harbor Range Lights