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January 16, 1976. The Holland Harbor Light, known as Big Red, is located in Park Township, Michigan at the entrance of a channel connecting Lake Michigan with Lake Macatawa, and which gives access to the city of Holland, Michigan. The lighthouse is on the south side of the channel. There are two modern lights marking the ends of the breakwaters ...
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 ...
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.
August 21, 1974. The Round Island Light, also known as the Old Round Island Point Lighthouse, [6] is a lighthouse located on the west shore of Round Island in the shipping lanes of the Straits of Mackinac, [7] which connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. [6][8][9] It was deemed necessary because the island is a significant hazard to navigation ...
Waugoshance Light. 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 ...
February 22, 1974 [10] 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.
Old Mackinac Point Light is a deactivated lighthouse located at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan. The lighthouse is part of Fort Michilimackinac State Park in the village of Mackinaw City just east of the Mackinac Bridge. The lighthouse was constructed in 1892 along the Straits of Mackinac at the junction of ...
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] There is now a museum at the light and both ...