Oak Orchard Light
Oak Orchard Light was a lighthouse that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario, in New York, United States, at Point Breeze from 1871 to 1916. In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site on the east side of Oak Orchard Creek.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Oak Orchard Lighthouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sawyer and Carlton.
Sawyer
Hamlet
Sawyer is a hamlet in the town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after John G. Sawyer, a congressman from New York. The settlement was previously named "Curtis's Corners" after John Curtis, a native of New Hampshire, who settled on lot 1, section 5 at Carlton in Orleans County. Sawyer is situated 2½ miles southeast of Oak Orchard Light.
Carlton
Village
Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.
Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,994 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Carlton is situated 3 miles south of Oak Orchard Light.
Kuckville
Hamlet
Kuckville is a hamlet in the town of Carlton in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Rev. George Kuck, an immigrant from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who settled in near the shore of Lake Ontario in 1815. Kuckville is situated 4 miles west of Oak Orchard Light.
Oak Orchard Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.37227° or 43° 22′ 20″ northLongitude
-78.19149° or 78° 11′ 29″ westOpen location code
87M39RC5+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1449655437OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q7073643
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Oak Orchard Light” goes by many names.
- French: “Phare d’Oak Orchard”
- French: “phare de Oak Orchard”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Orleans County Sheriff Marine Unit and Brown Cemetery.
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