3-story brick keeper's quarters. One of the most remote of all U.S. lighthouses. Coast Guard has an unusually dramatic photo and the history of the light station. Lighthouse Digest featured the lighthouse in December 2000. A new preservation group began restoration in summer 2000 by repairing the roof of the keeper's quarters.
Light station is available as a campsite for adventure travel.
Located on the southwestern end of Kayak Island, which juts out 25 miles into the Pacific southeast of Prince William Sound. Accessible only by boat or helicopter. Site open, tower closed. Cape St. Elias Lighthouse Keepers . Cape Hinchinbrook 1934.