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This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Michigan as identified by the United States Coast Guard. Michigan is home to lights on four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. The first lighthouse in the state, Fort Gratiot Light, was erected in 1825. It is still active. [1]
Spectacle Reef Light is a lighthouse 11 miles (18 km) east of the Straits of Mackinac and is located at the northern end of Lake Huron, Michigan. [8] It was designed and built by Colonel Orlando Metcalfe Poe and Major Godfrey Weitzel, [9] and was the most expensive lighthouse ever built on the Great Lakes.
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Michigan. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States.
The South Haven South Pierhead Light is a lighthouse in Michigan, at the entrance to the Black River on Lake Michigan. The station was lit in 1872, and is still operational. The tower is a shortened version of the Muskegon South Pierhead Light, and replaced an 1872 wooden tower. The catwalk is original and still links the tower to shore: it is ...
The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [11] Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior, it sits at the edge of Whitefish Point leading to Whitefish Bay. Constructed in 1849 by congress, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula. [12]
It is also a registered Michigan Historic Landmark. The Michigan Historical Marker on site states: Mackinac Point Lighthouse. [13] The lighthouse complex, including the lightkeeper's quarters and tower, was reopened to the public in 2004 by Mackinac State Historic Parks as part of the Fort Michilimackinac complex. The light's original Fresnel ...
A comprehensive (and interactive with geographic locations) listing of Michigan lighthouses and museums, complete with pictures and descriptions Huelse, Klaus -- Meine Leuchtturm-Seite: Leuchttürme USA auf historischen Postkarten -- Historic postcard images of U.S. lighthouses, Historic Post Card View of "Bay City Lighthouse" which is the ...
The Round Island Light is a registered Michigan historic site [6] and is the focus of an official Michigan Historical Marker erected in 1978, Registered Site No. L0107. The text of the marker notes: The Round Island Lighthouse, seen south of this site, was completed in 1895.