Sentinel Island Light

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

Sentinel Island Light

Sentinel Island Light
Alaska
Location	Lynn Canal, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Coordinates	58°32′46.5″N 134°55′23.6″W
Year first constructed	1902 (first)
Year first lit	1935 (current)
Automated	1966
Foundation	concrete
Construction	concrete tower
Tower shape	square tower with lantern
Markings / pattern	art deco architecture, white tower, red lantern
Tower height	51 feet (16 m)
Focal height	86 feet (26 m)
Original lens	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Light source	solar power
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s. pbscured from 152° to 296°
Admiralty number	G6538
ARLHS number	ALK-011
USCG number	6-23850
Managing agent	Gastineau Channel Historical Society[1] [2] [3]
Heritage	place listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Sentinel Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Nearest city	Juneau, Alaska
Coordinates	58°32′47″N 134°55′24″W
Area	6.6 acres (2.7 ha)
Built	1902
Architectural style	Modern Movement, Art Deco, et al.
MPS	Light Stations of the United States MPS
NRHP reference No.	02001407[4]
AHRS No.	JUN-00085
Added to NRHP	December 2, 2002

Location

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

History

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.[5]

The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.[6] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[4] Other than the lighthouse, the district included four other contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and two contributing sites.[6]

• 
  Princess May on the rocks, August 7, 1910
• 
  Princess May aground, as seen from Sentinel Island

See also

• List of lighthouses in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska

References

1. Sentined island The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 June 2016
2. Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016
3. Scotch Cape Light Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2016
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
5. Turner, Pacific Princesses, at pages 109 to 112.
6. 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". National Park Service. and accompanying five photos

Sources

• 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.