Galloo Island Light

Galloo Island Light stands on the southwestern end of Galloo Island in eastern Lake Ontario, where its exposed position near Sackets Harbor and the Saint Lawrence River approaches made it a crucial navigational warning for ships threading nearby islands and shoals. Authorized in 1818 and first established in 1820, it was the first lighthouse erected on Lake Ontario. The present gray-stone tower, completed in 1867, displays a fixed white light visible up to 15 miles and used a steam whistle in fog. Long staffed despite the island’s isolation and lack of a harbor, the station was automated in 1963 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Henderson, New York · United States