{{Short description|Lighthouse in southeastern Alaska, US}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox lighthouse | image = Sentinel Lighthouse 48.jpg | caption = Sentinel Island Light | location = [[Lynn Canal]], [[Juneau City and Borough, Alaska]], United States | coordinates = {{coord|58|32|46.5|N|134|55|23.6|W|display=inline,source:ProprioMeOW}} | yearbuilt = 1902 (first) | yearlit = 1935 (current) | automated = 1966 | yeardeactivated = | foundation = concrete | construction = concrete tower | shape = square tower with lantern | marking = art deco architecture,<br>white tower, red lantern | height = {{convert|51|ft}} | focalheight = {{convert|86|ft}} | lens = Fourth order [[Fresnel lens]] | range = {{convert|14|nmi}} | characteristic = Fl W 10s. <br>obscured from 152° to 296° | managingagent = Gastineau Channel Historical Society<ref>{{Cite rowlett|ak|accessdate=2016-06-08}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography] United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=22 Scotch Cape Light] Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2016</ref> | module = {{Infobox NRHP | name = Sentinel Island Light Station | embed = yes | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = | caption = | nearest_city = [[Juneau, Alaska]] | coordinates = {{coord|58|32|47|N|134|55|24|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = | built = {{start date|1902}} | architect = | architecture = [[Modern Movement architecture|Modern Movement]], [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]], et al. | added = December 2, 2002 | area = {{convert|6.6|acre}} | mpsub = Light Stations of the United States MPS | refnum = 02001407<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF | designated_other1_abbr = AHRS | designated_other1_number = JUN-00085 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom }} }} The '''Sentinel Island Light''' is a [[lighthouse]] in [[Alaska]] adjacent to [[Lynn Canal]].
==Location== The Sentinel Island Light is at the northern entrance to the Favorite Channel, between the mainland and [[Lincoln Island (Alaska)|Lincoln]] and Shelter Islands. It was listed on the [[List of Registered Historic Places in Alaska|National Register of Historic Places]] on December 2, 2002.
==History== On August 5, 1910, the steamship [[Princess May (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.<ref>Turner, ''Pacific Princesses'', at pages 109 to 112.</ref>
The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.<ref name=nrhpdoc/> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2002.<ref name=nris/> Other than the lighthouse, the district included four other [[contributing buildings]], four [[contributing structures]], and two [[contributing sites]].<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web |url={{NRHP url|id=02001407}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sentinel Island Light Station / Sentinel Island Lighthouse / AHRS Site No. JUN-00085 |author=Gary H. Gillette and Kebby Kelley |date=November 15, 1998 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=02001407|title=accompanying five photos|photos=y}}</ref> {{gallery|mode=packed|align=center |File:Steamship PRINCESS MAY on the reef at Sentinel Island, Alaska Aug 7, 1910 (COBB 293).jpeg|''[[Princess May (steamship)|Princess May]]'' on the rocks, August 7, 1910 |Image:Princess May aground from Sentinel Island.jpeg|''Princess May'' aground, as seen from Sentinel Island }}
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Alaska|Engineering}}}} * [[List of lighthouses in the United States]] * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==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== {{stack|{{Commons category|Sentinel Island Lighthouse}}}} * {{Cite uscghist|AK}} * [https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=826 Lighthouse Friends — Sentinel Island Lighthouse] * {{Cite rowlett|ak}} {{Lighthouses of Alaska}} {{NRHP in Alaska by borough and census area}} {{National Register of Historic Places}} {{authority control}}
[[Category:1902 establishments in Alaska]] [[Category:Art Deco architecture in Alaska]] [[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]] [[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1902]] [[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1935]] [[Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska]] [[Category:Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Juneau, Alaska]]