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The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a lighthouse on Lake Huron in Haynes Township, Alcona County, northeastern lower Michigan. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Established to ward mariners off a reef that extends 1.5 miles (2.4 km) lakeward from Sturgeon Point, [ 1 ] it is today regarded as a historic example of a Cape Cod style Great Lakes lighthouse.
Phase 2 is under construction but yet to be completed. Phase 3 is separated into Phase 3A and Phase 3B. Phase 3A includes 1.3 miles from Roat Drive to Sturgeon Point Road. Phase 3A is under construction. Phase 3B is proposed to be approximately 4 miles long beginning where Phase 3A ends, Sturgeon Point Road north to Eighteen Mile Creek.
Sturgeon Point State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area that is home to the historic Sturgeon Point Light. The state park covers 76 acres (31 ha) on the shore of Lake Huron three miles (4.8 km) north of Harrisville in Alcona County, Michigan. In addition to the lighthouse and associated museum, the park features a long and shallow ...
In 2008, 14-year-old Jade Scognamillo swam from New York's Sturgeon Point to Ontario's Crystal Beach and completed the 11.9-mile (19.2-km) swim in five hours, 40 minutes and 35 seconds, and became the youngest swimmer to make the crossing. [142] It is illegal for swimmers younger than 14 to attempt such a crossing. [142]
Sturgeon Pool is a reservoir near the hamlet of Rifton, in the Town of Esopus in Ulster County, New York.. It was created by damming the Wallkill River just above its confluence with Rondout Creek for hydroelectricity (thus the flow of the Wallkill that reaches the Rondout is greatly attenuated, making the Wallkill a rare instance of a river that drains into a creek).
Riverkeepers from New York and Delaware plan to sue to prevent the endangered Atlantic sturgeon — a prehistoric creature that can weigh as much as 800 pounds — from being caught and killed in ...
Lake Champlain (/ ʃ æ m ˈ p l eɪ n / sham-PLAYN; French: Lac Champlain, pronounced [lak ʃɑ̃plɛ̃] ⓘ) is a natural freshwater lake in North America.It mostly lies between the U.S. states of New York and Vermont, but also extends north into the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Poverty Island Light was designed to be a near duplicate of the Sturgeon Point Light. [1] The tower is 70 feet (21 m) high, with the light installed in a cast-iron lantern at 65 feet (20 m) above the ground. [1] A wood frame and brick keeper's quarters is attached. [2]