Sault Sainte Marie City (Upper St. Marys River) Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Sault Sainte Marie City (Upper St. Marys River) Lighthouses Lighthouse
This cylindrical steel tower stands 17 meters tall and carries a red slatted daymark with a white vertical stripe. Its focal height reaches 19 meters, providing a geographic range of 12.9 nautical miles. Located on the Upper St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, the lighthouse is situated just 0.6 kilometers from the nearest port. It is part of a navigation system for a busy waterway connecting Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes. The structure is red with a white vertical stripe.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is essential for the safe transit of vessels navigating the Upper St. Marys River, a critical bottleneck for Great Lakes shipping traffic.
Light & Optic
- Focal Height
- 19m
- Geographic Range
- 12.9NM
Location
- City
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Ontario
- Sea Region
- Upper St. Marys River, near Sault Sainte Marie City, Canada
- Latitude
- 46.5164°
- Longitude
- -84.3686°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 17m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- red with a white vertical stripe
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a red slatted daymark with a white vertical stripe
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Sault-Sainte-Marie(0.6 km)
- USCG No.
- 7-14295
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