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Name: Vidal Shoals Channel Rear Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States

Location: St. Marys River.

Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Height of Focal Plane: 65

Characteristic and Range: Red light, three seconds on, three seconds off.

Description of Tower: Square skeleton tower.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
White, octagonal, pyramidal wooden tower with a black lantern, 52 feet tall (as described in 1904).

Date Established: 1899

Date Present Tower Built: ?

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only?


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