Historic Light Station Information

& Photography

FIVE FINGER ISLANDS LIGHT - ALASKA

1935 FIVE FINGER ISLANDS LIGHTHOUSE

Location: FREDERICK SOUND

Station Established: 1902

Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1935

Operational? YES

Automated? YES 1984

Deactivated: n/a

Foundation Materials: CONCRETE PIER

Construction Materials: CONCRETE

Tower Shape: SQUARE

Markings/Pattern: WHITE ART DECO

Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL

Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1902

Historical Information:

• Light Station was established in March of 1902. Construction began in July of 1901 and was completed for a cost of $22,500.00. Some consider this the first manned station in Alaska because all construction was completed before Sentinel Island Light. Contained a fourth order Fresnel lens.
  

• In 1931 a third-class radio beacon was added to the station making it the sixth station in Alaska to have such a facility.
  

• Original structure burned down in December 1933. The tower was rebuilt using public works appropriations to build the current structure made of concrete. Completed and relit in 1935.
  

• This was the last lighthouse in Alaska to be automated on August 14, 1984.
  

• Lens replaced in 1997 with a solar powered VRB-25 VEGA.
  

• Transferred to Juneau Lighthouse Association in 1998. A renovation project is planned that will eventually open the light to the public.
  

1902 FIVE FINGER ISLANDS LIGHTHOUSE