The Cana Island Lighthouse is located at Bailey's Harbor, WI. Built in 1869, its tower stands 89-feet high and is attached by a passageway to the house. The lantern room houses a third-order Fresnel lens. The focal plane of the light is 82-feet above the water level of the lake. This lighthouse sets on a rocky Lake Michigan outcropping, and to reach it, depending on depth of the water, one has to wade across a rocky causeway to the island.
At the time of my visit here in 1998, the light, which was automated in 1944, continued to operate as an active navigational aid. The grounds around the lighthouse were maintained by the Door County Maritime Museum under lease with the U.S. Coast Guard. The keeper's house, which consisted of eight rooms, was open to the public.
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