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Mary Island Light stands on the northeastern part of Mary Island in southeastern Alaska, where it was established to guide ships through the difficult waters of the Inside Passage, a major route marked by staffed U.S. lights. The station opened in 1903, and its original wooden tower was replaced in 1937 by a concrete lighthouse and fog signal building. Two keepers’ houses once stood behind the light for Coast Guard personnel, but both were later removed. The station was decommissioned and automated in 1969, when its radio beacon was also removed. In 2005, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Metlakatla, Alaska · United States
