Pilot Island Light
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Pilot Island, Wisconsin
Built: 1858
This light sits on a small island 2 miles out from the Door Peninsula. During the early 1880s the assistant keeper here was Martin Knudson who, after a brief stint as lightkeeper at Michigan's South Manitou Island, returned to Pilot Island as head keeper. While on the island, he saved several lives and his courageous actions earned him medals from both the Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York and the government of the United States of America.
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