Lighthouses of Lake Erie               Detroit River 48 Established: 1885 Status:   Active Location:   (MI) Southern mouth of the Detroit River Type:   Conical, cast iron Access:   Boat       About the Light:   Iron plated, this 49 foot-tall light marks the point where the busy channel of the Detroit River meets Lake Erie's steamboat tracks. When this light was first established, few lake boats could be found thatwere sized in excess of 300 feet. Today, oreboats that stretch beyond 1,000 feet in length pass by the light. In the mid 1880s, the mariners looked up from the deck at the light. Now the modern mariners actually look down as they pass by!             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