Point Au Fer Reef Light

The Point Au Fer Reef Light was a lighthouse built in 1916 on Eugene Island in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to mark a new channel across Point Au Feu Reef. It replaced Southwest Reef Light as the entrance light for the Atchafalaya River. The light was deactivated and replaced by a skeleton tower in 1975. The Coast Guard then offered it to the South Lafourche Cultural and Historical Society, which declined, so the Coast Guard burned it down.

Point Au Fer Reef Light
1963
Louisiana
LocationAtchafalaya Bay, Louisiana
Coordinates29°22′20″N 91°23′3″W
Year first constructed1916 (original house)
Year first lit1975 (current skeleton tower)
FoundationPile with platform
ConstructionWood
Tower shapeSquare tower on 1½ story keeper's house
Markings / patternWhite with black lantern
Focal height54 feet (16 m)
Original lens4th order Fresnel lens
CharacteristicFlashing white 6s (c1965)
Fog signalBell, then horn
Admiralty numberJ3978
ARLHS numberUSA-613[1]
USCG number4-810[2][3][4][5]
  • 1945
  • 1974
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References
  1. Lightouses Directory
  2. Light List, Volume IV, Gulf of Mexico (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 7.
  3. NOAA Chart: Point au Fer to Marsh Island, 1/80,000. 11351. 2004. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Louisiana". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  5. Rowlett, Russ (2010-01-11). "Lighthouses of Louisiana". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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