Lighthouses of Lake Erie               First Southeast Shoal Lightship 39 Established: 1901 Status:   Removed Location:   (ONT) Southeast Shoal Type:   Lightship Access:   None       About the Light:   The threat of the Southeast Shoal grew with the increase of lake shipping prior to the 1900's. Southeast Shoal, however, was in Canadian waters and the government there did not see fit to locate a light in that area. The United States Lighthouse Board, on the other hand, said that the site was in Canadian waters and not their problem. As a compromise, the Lake Carriers Association chartered this lightship to guard the shoal. On June 5th, 1910, the private lightship was replaced by a Canadian government vessle. Today a "heli-pad type" light is in this place.             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