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Built in 1896 on a foundation of wood pilings, this lighthouse was constructed on Forty Mile Point, a rounding projection 6 1/2 miles Northwest of Rogers City and approximately 30 miles East-Southeast of Cheboygan. It's beacon marks the southern corner of Hammond Bay on Lake Huron.
The light tower itself is a three story, integral red-brick structure that is 53-foot tall and 12-foot square. Three sides of the tower are painted white for use as a daytime marker. There are a total of 56 wrought iron steps leading to the lantern room. Fitted with a Fourth Order Fresnel lens, the light exhibits a beacon with a lens focal plane of 66 feet above lake level. The beacon was first lit on May 1, 1897. Originally powered by a weighted clockwork mechanism that had to be reset every four hours, the light was automated in 1969 with a white beacon flashing on 6 second intervals. Construction of the entire complex consisting of the light tower and keeper's dwellings, an oil house, a brick fog signal building with a large steam driven fog signal and two brick privies was completed with at a total cost of approximately $25,000. In 1935, the light was reconstructed. The steam fog signal has since been removed.
The lighthouse grounds are currently owned by the County of Presque Isle. Down the beach from the light station, the remains of the vessel Joseph S. Faye lie partially buried in the sand.