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Frankfort is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located within Benzie County , the city sits upon the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Betsie River . The city had a population of 1,252 at the 2020 census .
Point Betsie Light. Point Betsie Light is located on the northeast shore of Lake Michigan — at the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage — north of Frankfort in Benzie County in Northern Michigan. [ 3 ] Construction began in 1854, but it was not completed until 1858, and began service in the shipping season of 1859.
The Alpena Light, also known as the Thunder Bay River Lighthouse[ 9 ] or Alpena Breakwater Light, [ 6 ] is a lighthouse on Lake Huron near Alpena, Michigan. [ 10 ][ 11 ] Standing on the north breakwater of Alpena Harbor, the light marks the entrance to the Thunder Bay River from Thunder Bay. [ 6 ] The current lighthouse, built in 1914, replaced ...
Designated MSHS. August 21, 1987. The Seul Choix Light is a lighthouse located in the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. [ 3 ][ 6 ] The station was established in 1892 with a temporary light, [ 7 ] and this light started service in 1895, and was fully automated in 1972. It is an active aid to navigation. [ 3 ]
October 23, 1995. 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 ...
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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. 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.
The gallery was surrounded with an iron safety railing and capped with a prefabricated octagonal cast iron lantern. Seated atop a cast iron pedestal within the lantern, the light's sparkling new, fixed white sixth-order Fresnel lens sat at a focal plane of 37 feet (11 m), sending its light 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 nautical miles (15.7 km; 9.8 mi) out into ...