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Managing Organization:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Notes:
Ports Des Morts Passage, the location of this lighthouse, translates as "Death's Door Passage." The lighthouse has fallen into poor condition. The Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands are trying to save the lighthouse. In 2008 they placed a new roof on the light station. Tower Height: 41 Height of Focal Plane: 48 Description of Tower: Square brick tower on roof of keeper's dwelling. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1873 integral 2.5 story keeper's dwelling; brick fog signal building; storage building. Date Established: 1858 Date Present Tower Built: 1858 Date Automated: 1962 Optics: 1873: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 300 mm, solar powered. Fog Signal: 1864: Fog trumpet operated by caloric engine; 1875: steam-powered siren; 1904: Compressed-air fog horn. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
Pilot Island Light can be seen from the Washington Island Ferry from Northport. Call 800-223-2094 or email wisferry@itol.com for more information. It can also be viewed from lighthouse cruises offered by Shoreline Charters - see www.theshorelineresort.com or call (920) 854-2606 for details. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: William Shurtleff (1858–1859), Mathew Garey (1859–1861), E.T. Wells (1861–1863), John C. Kenward (1863–1864), D.A. Read (1864), Jacob H. Stahl (1864–1865), John C. Kenward (1865–1866), Victor E. Rohn (1866–1876), Emanuel Davidson (1876–1883), Peter Knudsen (1883–1888), Nelson Knudsen (1888–1889), Martin N. Knudsen (1889–1897), Gottfried M.S. Hansen (1897–1903), Charles Bavry (1903–1907), Henry R. Bevry (1907–1913), Samuel C. Jacobsen (1913–1914), Walter Ottosen (1914–1920), Robert G. Young (1920–1925), George I. Haas (1925–1935), Clarence J. Anderson (1935-1945)
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