# Sentinel Island Light

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Lighthouse in southeastern Alaska, US

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Sentinel Island Light Sentinel Island Light Location Lynn Canal, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States Coordinates 58°32′46.5″N 134°55′23.6″W / 58.546250°N 134.923222°W / 58.546250; -134.923222 Tower Constructed 1902 (first) Foundation concrete Construction concrete tower Automated 1966 Height 51 feet (16 m) Shape square tower with lantern Markings art deco architecture, white tower, red lantern Power source solar power Operator Gastineau Channel Historical Society[1] [2] [3] Heritage National Register of Historic Places listed place Light First lit 1935 (current) Focal height 86 feet (26 m) Lens Fourth order Fresnel lens Range 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) Characteristic Fl W 10s. obscured from 152° to 296° Sentinel Island Light Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Alaska Heritage Resources Survey Nearest city Juneau, Alaska Coordinates 58°32′47″N 134°55′24″W / 58.54639°N 134.92333°W / 58.54639; -134.92333 Area 6.6 acres (2.7 ha) Built 1902 (1902) Architectural style Modern Movement, Art Deco, et al. MPS Light Stations of the United States MPS NRHP reference No. 02001407[4] AHRS No. JUN-00085 Added to NRHP December 2, 2002

The **Sentinel Island Light** is a [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) in [Alaska](/source/Alaska) adjacent to [Lynn Canal](/source/Lynn_Canal).

## Location

The Sentinel Island Light is at the northern entrance to the Favorite Channel, between the mainland and [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln_Island_(Alaska)) and Shelter Islands. It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Alaska) on December 2, 2002.

## History

On August 5, 1910, the steamship [*Princess May*](/source/Princess_May_(steamship)) 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.[5]

The 1930s lighthouse, replacing an earlier wooden structure, was built for $35,310.[6] It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2002.[4] Other than the lighthouse, the district included four other [contributing buildings](/source/Contributing_buildings), four [contributing structures](/source/Contributing_structures), and two [contributing sites](/source/Contributing_sites).[6]

		- *[Princess May](/source/Princess_May_(steamship))* on the rocks, August 7, 1910

		- *Princess May* aground, as seen from Sentinel Island

## See also

- [Alaska portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Alaska)
- [Engineering portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Engineering)

- [List of lighthouses in the United States](/source/List_of_lighthouses_in_the_United_States)

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Juneau%2C_Alaska)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Alaska"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ak.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). Retrieved June 8, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Alaska Historic Light Station Information & Photography](http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHAK.asp) United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 June 2016

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Scotch Cape Light](https://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=22) Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved 8 June 2016

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_4-1) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). March 13, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Turner, *Pacific Princesses*, at pages 109 to 112.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nrhpdoc_6-1) Gary H. Gillette and Kebby Kelley (November 15, 1998). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sentinel Island Light Station / Sentinel Island Lighthouse / AHRS Site No. JUN-00085"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/02001407_text). National Park Service. and [accompanying five photos](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/02001407_photos)

## 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-919462-04-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-919462-04-9)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Sentinel Island Lighthouse](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sentinel_Island_Lighthouse).

- ["Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alaska"](https://media.defense.gov/2018/Jul/09/2001940194/-1/-1/0/LHAK.PDF) (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.

- [Lighthouse Friends — Sentinel Island Lighthouse](https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=826)

- Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Alaska"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/ak.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill).

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