Point Retreat Light

Point Retreat Light stands on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska, guiding navigation through Lynn Canal from an exposed point named in 1794 after Joseph Whidbey withdrew from local Tlingit. The site became a 1,505-acre lighthouse reserve in 1901 by executive order of President William McKinley, but the first light was not lit until 1904. The station changed repeatedly, becoming a minor light in 1917, gaining a new lighthouse and fog signal in 1924, and later receiving a solar-powered lens before being unmanned again in 1973. In 2003 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Excursion Inlet, Alaska · United States