Little Rapids Cut Lighthouse

Little Rapids Cut (North Entrance) Lighthouse and Keeper's Dwelling at Mission Point, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Little Rapids Cut (North Entrance) Lighthouse and Keeper's Dwelling at Mission Point, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

LITTLE RAPIDS CUT LIGHT

MISSION POINT/ST. MARYS RIVER
Station Established: 1858
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1895
Operational? YES
Automated? YES 1911
Deactivated: 1929
Foundation Materials: TIMBER CRIB
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAMING
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: BLACK LANTERN ON YELLOW DWELLING
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL

Historical Information:

• 1895 – Lighthouse built to mark the turn from Bayfield Channel into Little Rapids Cut.
• 1911 – Lighthouse automated
• 1929 – Lighthouse decommissioned and later torn down.

Researched and written by Marie Vincent, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.