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Historic Lighthouses and Light Stations in Michigan

 

The year in parentheses refers to the year in which the light was first lit in the existing tower.

 

Cross-section drawing of lighthouse and attached keeper's house

Alpena Light (1914)

Location: North Breakwater, Thunder Bay River/Lake Huron

 

Au Sable Light (1874)

Location: Lake Superior
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

 

Beaver Head (Beaver Island) Light (1858)

Location: Mackinac Straits approach/Lake Michigan

 

Big Bay Point Light (1896)

Location: Upper Peninsula/Lake Superior

 

Big Sable Point (Grand Point au Sable) Light (1867)

Location: East Shore of Lake Michigan

 

Bois Blanc Island Light (Old) (1867)

Location: Straits of Mackinac/Lake Huron

 

Charity Island Light (1857)

Location: Approach to Saginaw Bay/Lake Huron

 

Cheboygan Crib Light (1910)

Location: Relocated from entrance to Cheboygan River

 

Cheboygan River Range Front Light (1880)

Location: Cheboygan Harbor

 

Copper Harbor Light (1866)

Location: Keweenaw Peninsula/Lake Superior

 

Copper Harbor Range Lights (1869)

Location: Lake Superior

 

Crisp Point Light (1904)

Location: 13 miles west of Whitefish Point/Lake Superior

 

Detour Reef Light (1931)

Location: Mouth of St. Mary's River

 

Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) Light (1885)

Location: Lake Erie south of Detroit River entrance

 

Eagle Harbor Light (1871)

Location: West end of harbor/Lake Superior

 

Eagle Harbor Rear Range Light (1877)

Location: Lake Superior/Keweenaw Peninsula

 

Eagle River Light (1874)

Location: Eagle River/Lake Superior

 

Fort Gratiot Light (1829)

Location: Lake Huron/St. Clair River

 

Forty Mile Point Light (1897)

Location: Lake Huron

 

Fourteen Foot Shoal Light (1930)

Location: Cheboygan Harbor entrance/Lake Michigan

 

Frankfort North Breakwater Light (1932)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Grand Haven South Pierhead Lights (1905/1922)

Location: Grand River/Lake Michigan

 

Grand Island East Channel Light (1870)

Location: Lake Superior

 

Grand Island Harbor Range Rear Light (1914)

Location: Lake Superior

 

Grand Island North (Old North) Light (1867)

Location: Grand Island/Lake Superior

 

Grand Marais Harbor Range Lights (1895)

Location: Grand Marais Harbor/Lake Superior

 

Grand Traverse Light (1858)

Location: Grand Traverse Point/Leelanau Peninsula

 

Granite Island Light (1869)

Location: Northwest end of Granite Island/Lake Superior

 

Grays Reef Light (1936)

Location: Grays Reef East Channel

 

Grosse Ile North Channel Range Front Light (1906)

Location: Detroit River

 

Gull Rock Light (1867)

Location: West of Manitou Island/Lake Superior

 

Harbor Beach Light (1885)

Location: North side of breakwater entrance/Lake Huron

 

Holland Harbor (South Pierhead) Light (1936)

Location: Black Lake/Lake Michigan

 

Huron Island Light (1877)

Location: West Huron Island/Lake Superior

 

Isle Royale Light (1875)

Location: Menagerie Island/Lake Superior
Isle Royale National Park

 

Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light (1920)

Location: Portage River entrance/Portage Lake

 

Lansing Shoal Light (1928)

Location: Western shore of Lake Michigan

 

Little Point Sable Light (1874)

Location: Eastern shore of Lake Michigan

 

Little Traverse (Harbor Point) Light (1884)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Ludington North Breakwater Light (1924)

Location: Pere Marquette Harbor/Lake Michigan

 

Manistee (North Pierhead) Light (1927)

Location: Manistee River/Lake Michigan

 

Manistique (East Breakwater) Light (1917)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Manitou Island Light (1861)

Location: Off Keweenaw Peninsula/Lake Superior

 

Marquette Harbor Light (1866)

Location: North Point/Lake Superior

 

Martin Reef Light (1927)

Location: Reef east of Straits of Mackinac

 

McGulpin Point Light (1869)

Location: South Point Michilimackinac Harbor

 

Mendota (Bete Grise) Light (1895)

Location: Mendota ship channel/Lake Superior

 

Menominee (North Pier) Light (1927)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Middle Island Light (1905)

Location: Between Thunder Bay Island and Presque Isle

 

Minneapolis Shoal Light (1935)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Mission Point Light (Old) (1870)

Location: Peninsula in Grand Traverse Bay

 

Munising Range Lights (1908)

Location: Munising Harbor/Lake Superior
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

 

Muskegon South Breakwater Light (1903)

Location: Harbor entrance/Lake Michigan

 

North Manitou Shoal Light (1935)

Location: Off North and South Manitou Islands

 

Old Mackinac Point Light (1892)

Location: Straights of Mackinac Passage

 

Ontonagon Light (1866)

Location: Ontonagon River mouth/Lake Superior

 

Passage Island Light (1882)

Location: Passage Island off Isle Royale
Isle Royale National Park

 

Peninsula Point Light (Site) (1866)

Location: Peninsula Point/Lake Michigan

 

Poe Reef Light (1929)

Location: Straits of Mackinac, south channel

 

Point Betsie Light (1858)

Location: Near Crystal Lake on Lake Michigan

 

Point Iroquois Light (1871)

Location: Lake Superior/Whitefish Bay

 

Pointe aux Barques Light (1857)

Location: Pointe aux Barques Reef/Lake Huron

 

Port Austin Reef Light (1878)

Location: Lake Huron

 

Port Sanilac Light (1886)

Location: Point Sanilac/Lake Huron

 

Portage River (Jacobsville) Light (1870)

Location: Portage River entrance/Lake Superior

 

Poverty Island Light (1874)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

Presque Isle Lights (1840/1871)

Location: Lake Huron

 

Rock Harbor Light (1855)

Location: Middle Island Passage/Lake Superior
Isle Royale National Park

 

Rock of Ages Light (1908)

Location: Off Isle Royale/Lake Superior
Isle Royale National Park

 

Round Island Light (1895)

Location: Straits of Mackinac

 

Round Island (St. Mary's River) Light (1892)

Location: St. Mary's River/Between Point aux Frenes and Lime Island

 

Round Island Passage Light (1948)

Location: Straits of Mackinac/Lake Huron

 

Saginaw River (Range Rear) Light (1876)

Location: Saginaw River entrance

 

Sand Hills Light (1919)

Location: Eagle River/Lake Superior

 

Sand Point (Baraga) Light (1878)

Location: Keweenaw Bay

 

Sand Point (Escanaba) Light (1867)

Location: Western shore of Little Bay de Noc

 

Seul Choix Point Light (1895)

Location: Upper Peninsula/Lake Michigan

 

Skillagalee (Ile aux Galets) Light (1888)

Location: Southwest of Waugoshance Island/Lake Michigan

 

South Fox Island Light (1868)

Location: Approach to Straits of Mackinac/Lake Michigan

 

South Haven South Pierhead Light (1903)

Location: Lake Michigan

 

South Manitou Island Light (1872)

Location: South Manitou Island/Lake Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

 

Spectacle Reef Light (1874)

Location: Straits of Mackinac/Lake Huron

 

Squaw Island Light (1892)

Location: North of Beaver Island

 

St. Clair Flats South Channel Range Lights (Old) (1859)

Location: Off Harsens Island/Lake St. Clair

 

St. Helena Island Light (1873)

Location: Straits of Mackinac/Lake Michigan

 

St. James (Beaver Harbor) Light (1870)

Location: Western approach, Mackinac Straits

 

St. Joseph North Pierhead Lights (1906)

Location: St. Joseph River/Lake Michigan

 

St. Martin Island Light (1905)

Location: St. Martin Island/Lake Michigan

 

St. Mary's River Upper Range Rear Light

Location: St. Mary's River between Birch Point and Round Island Point

 

Stannard Rock Light (1882)

Location: Off Keweenaw Peninsula/Lake Superior

 

Sturgeon Point Light (1869)

Location: Sturgeon Bay/Lake Huron

 

Tawas Point (Ottawa Point) Light (1876)

Location: Lake Huron/Saginaw Bay

 

Thunder Bay Island Light (1832)

Location: Southeast end of Thunder Bay Island/Lake Huron

 

Waugoshance Light (1870)

Location: Northwest of Waugoshance Island/Lake Michigan

 

White River Light (1875)

Location: White Lake Channel/Lake Michigan

 

White Shoal Light (1910)

Location: Northwest of Waugoshance Island/Lake Michigan

 

Whitefish Point Light (1861)

Location: Whitefish Bay/Lake Superior

 

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