Sentinel Island Light

Sentinel Island Light stands beside Lynn Canal at the northern entrance to Favorite Channel in Alaska, marking an important coastal passage between the mainland and Lincoln and Shelter islands. The site is closely associated with a famous regional maritime accident: on August 5, 1910, the steamship Princess May ran aground on rocks just north of the island and was refloated a month later, after striking photographs of the ship at low tide became widely known. The present lighthouse, built in the 1930s to replace an earlier wooden structure, remains both a working navigational aid and a historic reminder of the dangers of Alaska’s Inside Passage.

Juneau, Alaska · United States