St. Clair Flats Canal Lighthouse

St. Clair Flats Canal Lighthouse, St. Lake Clair, Michigan Handwritten at bottom "St Clair Flats Canal, lower. 1904"

St. Clair Flats Canal Lighthouse, Lake St. Clair, Michigan

ST. CLAIR FLATS RANGE LIGHT STATION

Location: SOUTH END OF HARSENS ISLAND, NEAR ALGONAC, MICHIGAN
Station Established: 1934
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1934
Operational: No
Automated: 
Deactivated: 
Foundation Materials: 
Construction Materials: Steel 
Tower Shape: Skeletal
Markings/Pattern: White
Relationship to Other Structure: Separate
Original Lens: 
Height: 
Characteristic:
Fog Signal: None

Historical Information:

• Station established in 1934, replacing the two 1871 St. Clair Flats Canal lights.
• Station included a two-story keeper's house.
• An assistant keeper's residence was built in 1938.
• Station reduced in size in 1985
• From 1985 to 1991 station used as a summer substation
• Station was sold to a private individual in 2003