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Penrose, Laurie and Bill, A Traveler’s Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses (Petoskey, Michigan: Friede Publications, 1999). ISBN 0-923756-03-5 ISBN 9780923756031. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
The ruined lighthouse at Waugoshance protects boats from a shoal area at the northern end of Lake Michigan. The lighthouse is located in Emmet County, Michigan, United States, and in U.S. Coast Guard District No. 9. [ 9][ 10] It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Mackinaw City. Due to erosion and deterioration, the lighthouse is ...
The Fort Gratiot Light marks the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron (going south) in the southern portion of Michigan's Thumb. The light is still active and the grounds are an active Coast Guard facility, but it has recently been handed over to the Port Huron Museum. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Michigan.
August 04, 1983. The Detroit River Light, also known as Bar Point Shoal Light, was first established as a lightship in 1875. The current sparkplug lighthouse was built in 1885. [4][5][6][7][8] It sits in Lake Erie, south of the mouth of the Detroit River, 1.75 nautical miles (3.24 km; 2.01 mi) from land and about 20 nautical miles (23 mi; 37 km ...
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.
Lake Gogebic (/ ɡoʊˈɡiːbɪk / goh-GHEE-bik) is the largest natural inland [2] lake of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It is located within the one million acre (4,000 km 2) Ottawa National Forest. Lake Gogebic State Park is located along its western shore. It is in the far western end of the Upper Peninsula, close to the Wisconsin border ...
Uninhabited [1] South Manitou Island (/ mæˈnətu / MAN-ə-too) is located in Lake Michigan, approximately 16 miles (26 km) west of Leland, Michigan. [2] It is part of Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The uninhabited island is 8.277 sq mi (21.44 km 2) in land area and can be accessed by a ferry service from Leland.
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, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula.
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