Lighthouses of Lake Erie               Buffalo Lightship 27 Established: 1912 Status:   Lost at sea Location:   (NY) 13 miles west of Buffalo in Lake Erie. Type:   Steel Access:   History Books       About the Light:   Anchored to the bottom of Lake Erie, Lighvessel No. 82 was the first marker on the approach to the bustling port of Buffalo. On November 10, 1913, however, a monster autumn gale arrived on Lake Erie. This famed storm, often relerred to is "The great storm of 1913" had ravaged lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron. Giant lakeboats had already been sent to the bottom with all hands by the time the storm hit the one year old LIGHTVESSEL No. 82. It too was sent to the bottom with all six of its crew. The following spring the lightship was found, raised and returned to service where it operated until 1936.             Select Another LightHouse Ashtabula Barcelona Bois Blanc (Bob-Lo) Buffalo Breakwater Buffalo Breakwater (Leaning) Buffalo Breakwater (Old Bottle Light) Buffalo Lightship (Lightvessel No. 82) Buffalo Main Cleveland East Pierhead Cleveland West Breakwater Colchester Reef Detroit River Dunkirk Erie Land Erie Pierhead Erieau East Pier Fairport Harbor West First Southeast Shoal Lightship Grand Island Old Front Range Grosse Ile North Channel Horseshoe Reef Huron Harbor Kingsville Leamington Light Long Point Long Point West End (Old Cut) Lorain East Breakwater Lorain West Breakwater Marblehead (Sandusky) Mohawk Island Old Fairport Main (Grand River) Old Port Clinton Pier Pelee Island Pelee Passage Point Abino Port Burwell Port Dover Port Maitland Front Range Port Stanley Presque Isle Sandusky Harbor Pierhead South Bass Island South Buffalo Southside Southeast Shoal Toledo Harbor Turtle Island Vermilion West Sister Island