Island of The Five Fingers, approx. 37 mi. NW of the city of Petersburg, Petersburg, Alaska. County/parish: Wrangell-Peterburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 12, 2004. NRIS 04000416.
Part of Light Stations of the United States MPS (NRIS 64500819).
4 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Five Finger Islands Light is a lighthouse located on a small island that lies between Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound in southeastern Alaska. It and Sentinel Island Light Station were the first U.S. government lighthouses opened in Alaska, first lit on March 21, 1902.
It became the last lighthouse in Alaska to be automated on August 14, 1984.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75325227