Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scott's New Coast Pilot for the Lakes [7th ed. rev.], 1904-1908, p. 12

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TZ CHANGES AND ADDITIONS. horizon, and the light is now shown 36 feet above mean lake level, from a white, octagonal, pyramidal frame tower, on a pile cluster, in about 3 feet of water W by S from the preceding. Nine Mile Point Shoal--West.--A spar buoy No. 914 in 20 feet of water. Marks the westerly side of Hay Lake Channel about 1 mile north of Nine Mile-Point. Nine-Mile Point Light, No. 16, SE. by E., about 1% miles. Bozzell Dock, outer end; S. by W. 14 W., about 2,450 feet. Mid- dle Hay Lake Range Front Light, No. 17 N. 34 W. Nine Mile Point (North).--A spar buoy No. 14 in 22 feet of water, marks the channel as recently dredged Nine Mile Point North Buoy, No. 14--A spar, has been moved and established in 22 feet of water, to mark «the channel as recently dredged. © Nine Mile Point Light, No. 16, SSE. % E., about 5,550 feet. Bozzell Dock, outer end, SW. % S., about 4,750 feet. Middle Hay Lake Range Front Light, No. 17, NNW. St. Joseph Channel--Lighthouse moved from North Sister Rock to West Sister Rock.--The lighthouse which formerly stood on North Sister rock, has been moved to West Sister rock. | The lighthouse stands on a square cribwork pier. The light shown is a fixed white dioptric light, elevated 35 feet above the level of the water, and should be visible 11 miles from all points of approach by water. . St. Joseph Channel--Wilson Channel--Range Lights Established.-- Range lighthouses have been erected at Wilson channel, St. Joseph channel, -- in the District of Algoma, Ontario, and the lights put in operation. The front tower stands on land 35 feet above the level of the water, on the main shore, on the site of the high beacon, which has been taken down. It is an enclosed wooden building, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by an octagonal wooden lantern, the whole painted white. It is 28 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern. The light, elevated 58 feet above the level of the water, will be a fixed white light, and should be visible 3 miles from all points of approach by water. The illuminating apparatus is dioptric of the seventh order. The back tower stands on land 86 feet above the level of the water, 730 feet N. E. by E. from the front tower. It is an enclosed wooden building, square in plan, with sloping sides, surmounted by a square wooden lantern, the whole painted white. It is 28 feet high from its base to the top of the ventilator on the lantern. The light, elevated 109 feet above the level of the water, will be a fixed white light, and should be visible 3 miles in the line of range. The illumi- nating apparatus is catoptric. The two lights in one, bearing N. E. by E. lead down from Richards landing wharf to the turn in Wilson channel, clear of Chicora shoal, through the dredged cut off Bamford island lighthouse, and clear of the shoals west of Wilson channel. ;

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