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Cana island Light Station, Cana Island Road, Baileys Harbor, Door County, WI

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Cana island Light Station, Cana Island Road, Baileys Harbor, Door County, WI

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Summary

Significance: The lighthouse played an important role in the safe expansion of shipping and passenger travel on the Great Lakes. Its construction and association with regional events contributed to broad patterns of Wisconsin's history. The light tower is distinctive in style and characteristic of a type and period of construction important to the development of navigational aids situated on the Great Lakes...
Survey number: HABS WI-376
Building/structure dates: 1869 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000201

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc, delineator
place

Location

baileys harbor45.09230, -87.06841
Google Map of 45.092296, -87.068411
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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