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The lighthouse at Fourteen Foot Shoal was named to note that the lake is only 14 feet (4.3 m) deep at this point, which is a hazard to navigation, ships and mariners.. This light is located at the northern end of Lake Huron, Michigan, US, where it is necessary for boats heading to Chicago to pass through a narrow strait and still avoid shallow water.
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. [10]
Pointe aux Barques (/ p ɔɪ n t ə b ɑːr k s / point-ə-BARKS) Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is an active lighthouse and adjoining museum located in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located along the shores of Lake Huron on the northeastern tip of the Thumb .
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.
Lake Huron: Bay City: 1831: 1876: Destroyed Saginaw River Rear Range Light: Lake Huron: Bay City: 77 ft (23 m) 1876: 1954: 1962: Inactive [note 4] Sand Beach North Entrance East Light: Lake Huron: Destroyed Sand Hills Light: Lake Superior: Ahmeek
De Tour Reef Lighthouse Preservation Society. Lake Huron Northern Lighthouses Mapped by Google; Lighthouses in the Mackinac Straits. Interactive map of lighthouses in northern Lake Michigan. Map of Michigan Lighthouse in PDF Format. Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, DeTour Reef Light. Satellite view at Google Maps. Light List, Volume VII, Great ...
Jones, Ray,The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0-7627-2735-7; ISBN 978-0-7627-2735-3. Lighthouse Central, Tawas Point Light Photographs, History and Directions, The Ultimate Guide to East Michigan Lighthouses by Jerry Roach (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - July 2006).
The Harbor Beach Lighthouse is a "sparkplug lighthouse" located at the end of the north breakwall entrance to the harbor of refuge on Lake Huron. [9] [10] [11] The breakwall and light were created by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to protect the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan, which is the largest man-made freshwater harbor in the world.