When Devils Island Lighthouse was finally activated in 1901, it became the eighth and final lighthouse to be built in the Apostle Islands.
On March 2, 1889, Congress appropriated $15,000 for a lighthouse on Devils Island, the most northern in the Apostle Island archipelago. When finished, the lighthouse would serve as a coastal light, splitting the gap between Sand Island and Outer Island. It would replace the temporary wooden structure light which was lit on September 30, 1891.
The worked started on July 1, 1897 for the new lighthouse and was completed October 1898 but had to wait for the third-order Fresnel lens to arrive from France. It finally arrived at the station on June 22, 1901 and with a range of 13 mile, was placed in operation on September 20, 1901.
In September 1928, the lighthouse was visited President Calvin Coolidge and his wife during a vacation in northern Wisconsin. The lighthouse was automated 1978.
Devil’s Island Lighthouse
Interesting story and breathtaking picture 🙂
What a nice view of the lighthouse.