Dutch Gap Canal Lights

Lighthouse · Henrico County, Virginia

Dutch Gap Canal Lights is a lighthouse in Henrico County, Virginia. Virginia has 36 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

The light characteristic is recorded as F W (a steady light); it was deactivated in 1910.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The two 27-ft wooden post lights from 1875 are gone: one was washed away in 1878 and they were replaced by simpler lights (1910) and later by modern skeleton towers; only ruins of the keeper's house remain. It stands at 37.3766° N, 77.3595° W.

Key facts

Light characteristic	F W
Deactivated	1910
Coordinates	37.37660, -77.35950

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