Semiahmoo Harbor Light Explained

Coordinates:48.9922°N -122.7841°W
Yeardeactivated:1944
Shape:Octagonal
Lens:Fourth order Fresnel lens

The Semiahmoo Harbor Lighthouse was a lighthouse on Semiahmoo Bay near the port of Blaine, Whatcom County, Washington, in the United States.[1]

History

The station consisted of a 1½-story dwelling built on a platform supported by wooden piles, with a lantern at the center of its peaked roof.[1] It was constructed in 1905, using the same design by U.S. Lighthouse Board Architect Carl Leick used at the Desdemona Sands Lighthouse at the mouth of the Columbia River.[2] The light was deactivated and the entire structure torn down in 1944.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. November 28, 2008.
  2. Web site: Desdemona Sands Light on the Columbia River . Rudy and Alice's Lighthouse page . 2008-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110105213614/http://rudyalicelighthouse.net/NWLts/Desdmna/Desdmna.htm . January 5, 2011.
  3. Web site: Semiahmoo Harbor Light (Washington)—Historical Light List Characteristics and Optics and Structures . United States Lighthouse Society . 2008-11-28 . 2008-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201211339/http://uslhs.org/lighthouse_characteristics/maps/washington/semiahmoo_harbor_light_map.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: The Lost History of Washington's Semiahmoo Lighthouse . Foghorn Press . Lighthouse Digest . November 2005 . May 27, 2015.

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