Outer Island is the most northernly of the Apostle Islands group and was a logical turning point for vessels upbound and downbound from Duluth. Thus, the Lighthouse Board establish in 1868 that a lighthouse on Outer Island was needed. The lighthouse was built in 1874 and followed a year later by a fog signal building.

 

 

 

Aerial photos courtesy of Tammy Wolfe - used with permission. Tammy's photos also appear in the Marine Photography article published in Great Laker magazine October-December 2006 issue.