Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, Cape Vincent

The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse is located in Cape Vincent (town), New York. The land upon which the lighthouse stands is a part of a 600acre grant of land to Captain John Tibbetts of Troy, New York. The lighthouse is a circular tower that stands above the waterThe current lighthouse was constructed in 1854.The Tibbetts Point Lighthouse is on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail.Its Fresnel lens is still used. Only 70 such lenses are still operational in the United States, 16 being on the Great Lakes of which two are in New York.Tibbetts Point Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reference number 84002412, as Tibbets Point Light (US Coast Guard / Great Lakes TR).CulturalThe Archives Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History has a collection (#1055) of souvenir postcards of lighthouses and has digitized 272 of these and made them available online. These include postcards of Tibbetts Point Light with links to customized nautical charts provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.Further reading Oleszewski, Wes. Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998). U.S. Coast Guard. Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957). Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia. Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) Plan to visit Tibbetts Point Lighthouse and other customer-reviewed, writer-recommended Cape Vincent attractions using our Cape Vincent driving holiday planning website.