Grand Island North Light - Hiawatha National Forest

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, Grand Island has long been a primary stopping place for Native Americans, traders and others plying Lake Superior’s south shore. In 1867, the already-deteriorated wooden lighthouse was replaced with th

Grand Island North light is also the highest lighthouse above sea level in the United States, standing a top a 175 foot cliff.