Oak Orchard Light
Encyclopedia
Oak Orchard Light was a lighthouse
that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario
, in New York
, United States, at Point Breeze
from 1871 to 1916. In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
, in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States, at Point Breeze
Point Breeze
Point Breeze could refer to:* Point Breeze, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania* Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania* Point Breeze, the mouth of the Oak Orchard River in New York...
from 1871 to 1916. In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site.
Further reading
- Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
- Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993