LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS

Located along Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, this light stands on Au Sable Point on the south shore of Lake Superior, approximately 12 miles west of Grand Marais.  This light tower's base diameter is 16 feet with a height of 87 feet. The lens focal plane is 107 feet above…

Crisp Point was one of five Lake Superior U.S. Life-Saving Service Stations along the coast between Munising and Whitefish Point. It is located about fourteen miles west of Whitefish Point. It was built in 1875 and became operational in 1876 as Life Saving Station Number Ten, of the U.S.…

Offshore marking the mouth of the St. Mary's River, DeTour Reef Lighthouse stands 83 feet above the water.  This classic styled lighthouse offers weekend stays for an experience as a light keeper and in 1998 it was added to the National Trust for Historic Places.  …

The small wooden frame lighthouse on the southeast shore of Grand Island was constructed during the period 1869-1870 for the purpose of guiding vessels into Munising Harbor from the east. The land was one of a number of parcels reserved in 1847 for government use. Resembling a small country church…

These lights are tucked away in the Hiawatha National Forest, among the tag alders and swamp conifers south of M-28 near Christmas. This is the Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light, sometimes known as the "Bay Furnace Light" or the "Christmas Light." The light tower…

Originally built of wood in 1856, this remote lighthouse was a key navigational marker during the trading boom that followed completion of the Soo Locks in 1855. With an ideal safe harbor in the bay on the island’s lee side,…

The East Breakwater Light, built in 1916, is 35 feet tall and stands at the harbor entrance of the Manistique River.  Soon to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Light continues to guide vessels traversing the Great Lakes.  Built for visitors and…

Martin Reef Light is accessible by boat, and is an active Aid to Navigation. The solitary light sits out in the lake about 7 miles south of the Les Cheneaux Islands archipelago, marking the East Entrance to the Les Cheneaux Islands and Port Dolomite, a deepwater shipping port from which quarried…

During the 1860's the ports of Escanaba, Gladstone, Fayette and Nahma were teeming with ships hauling fish, lumber, iron ore and other products. These wooden sailing ships needed navigational help to protect their hulls from the treacherous reefs and shoals that were just southward from Peninsula…

This lighthouse stands watch where Lake Superior begins its treacherous rush into the St. Mary's River. The Ojibwa Indians massacred a group of invading Iroquois warriors at this location in 1662, giving the point its original Indian name. It was noted by the early explorers, but did not become…

A brick outhouse and small brick storage building are located next to the lighthouse. The 52-foot red brick tower rises out of the northwest corner. A black six-sided lantern tops the tower. In 1996 a modern 300 mm solar powered…

Pronounced Sis-Shwa, and meaning "Only Choice" the lighthouse became operational in 1892 and provided a much needed reference point and refuge on Lake Michigan.  The white tower stands 79 feet nine inches tall and is equipped with a ten-sided Third Order Fresnel lens…

The old railroad termination point at the Straits of Mackinac is now a viewing pier with a working lighthouse, guiding local watercraft to the entry to Moran Bay's harbor.  The remains of the old structures used to raise and lower the train track ramps, the counter-weights for balance,…

Take a trip back in time on a guided tour of the fully restored 1861 Lightkeepers Quarters. You'll hear first-hand accounts of keepers and their families who manned this side-by-side duplex building while tending the light. The Lightkeepers Quarters features period furnishings, descriptive…