Pelee Passage Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pelee Passage Lighthouse
This cylindrical steel tower, standing 12 meters tall, was first lit in 1975 and replaced an earlier structure. It features a white tower with a green lantern and caisson, and its focal height reaches 28 meters. The lighthouse rises from a one-story keeper's quarters that includes a helipad on its roof. This entire assembly is mounted on a cylindrical steel caisson. The light emits a single white flash every 4 seconds, visible for 14.9 nautical miles. It is located in Lake Erie, marking the north end of the Middle Ground Shoal and the Pelee Passage, a key channel into the western part of the lake.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is important for safe navigation through the Pelee Passage, a critical deepwater channel for vessels entering or leaving the western basin of Lake Erie, and warns of the Middle Ground Shoal.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 28m
- Geographic Range
- 14.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1975
Significant events: Replaced Point Pelee lighthouse, original lighthouse relocated to Lakeview Park in Windsor
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Leamington(10.3 km)
- USCG No.
- 7-6835
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-371
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 12m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with green lantern and caisson
- Material
- steel
Structure: round cylindrical steel (?) tower with lantern and gallery, rising from one corner of a 1-story keeper's quarters with a helipad on its roof, all mounted on a cylindrical steel caisson
Location
- City
- Leamington
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Ontario
- Sea Region
- Lake Erie, marking the north end of the Middle Ground Shoal and the Pelee Passage, a narrow deepwater channel into the western end of the lake
- Latitude
- 41.8521°
- Longitude
- -82.5815°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Pelee Passage على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Canada، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.