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Frying Pan Island (MI 114)
August 4, 2001
latitude 46° 30' 2.2" N longitude
84° 20' 24.5" W
This light was installed on Frying Pan
Island in 1887. However, if you want to see it, you need to go to
the Coast Guard Station in Sault Saint Marie where it has been moved to. |
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Pipe Island (MI 115)
latitude 46° 0' 57.4" N longitude 83°
53' 57.8" W
September 8, 2009
Pipe Island is privately owned, but in 2005 three cottages and the
Victorian keeper's dwelling were made available for overnight stays. |
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Round Island, St. Marys River (MI 36)
latitude 46° 6' 31.7" N longitude
84° 1' 12" W
September 8, 2009
This lighthouse is now a private residence and has been extensively renovated.
It is best viewed from the river.
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Point Iroquois
(MI 34)
August 4, 2001
Built in 1870, this light was to assist traffic heading into the Sault
locks (who have a nasty turn here). Currently inactive, it is a
National Forest Museum and free to the public. |
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Whitefish Point (MI 33)
August 4, 2001
This is the first light on the Great Lakes established in
1849. This light was erected in 1861. It's co-located with the
Great Lakes Ship Wreck museum which is undergoing massive expansion.
Located 11 miles north of Paradise MI, it's a long way
from anywhere, but worth the trip. |
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Crisp Point
(MI 32)
September 5, 2009
latitude 46° 45'
10.1" N longitude 85° 15' 25.2" WTake county road 500 north from Michigan
123, then follow County road 412 (7 miles) to the Lighthouse
turnoff. This is being newly restored, but the road is still
dirt all the way from 123.
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Grand Marais Front Range (MI 31F)
latitude 46° 41' 1.7" N longitude 85° 58'
19.3" W
September 5, 2009
At the front end of the channel, on the west side.
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Grand Marais Harbor Range (rear) (MI 31)
September 5, 2009
latitude 46° 40' 36.1" N longitude 85° 58' 17.1" W
From the junction of M77 and County Road 702 in downtown Grand Marais,
take CR702 northeast approximately 1/2 mile. |
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Sable Point (MI 30)
latitude 46° 40' 23.1" N longitude 87° 8' 21.6" W
September 7, 2009
Just as its keepers once did, visitors today must walk to it, but only
1.5 miles. Take Alger County Road (H-58) at the Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore, a dirt and gravel access road, for about 12
miles. When you reach the Hurricane River Campground, park near the
Hurricane River and take the two track access path to the lighthouse
and Lake Superior.
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Munising America Inn (faux, MI 29M)
latitude 46 22' 51" N, longitude 86 36' 30" W
September 10, 2009
While clearly a new, false (faux, sometimes pronounced fox)
light, it is just east of Munising on Highway 28.
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Munising Front Range (MI 27)
July 30, 2004This light is used in combination with the
rear range shown below. It's tucked just below the main highway
through Munising. Turn towards the lake at the west edge of town. |
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Munising Rear Range (MI 26)
July 30, 2004Tucked in between the trees, at the end of a street, this one
is almost impossible to find (unless you know it's there). From the
front range light, go uphill (south) on Hemlock Street and cruise W.
Onota Street looking uphill to find the light. |
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Grand Island Harbor Rear Range
(MI 25)
lat. 46° 26' 13.1" N longitude 86° 41' 29.3" W
November 14, 1999Matching front
range is shown below. These lights are off of route 28, just east of
Christmas (MI, not December) and even knowing where they are, they are
hard to spot.
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Shaganash Island
(ON 97) Located on a small island east of Edward Island and
about 25 km northeast of the village of Silver Islet. Accessible
only by boat.
Photo courtesy R. C. Walker [reveorange] |
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Lamb Island
(ON 96) |
Located at the western end of the island, south of
Rossport. The original lighthouse has been replaced by a skeletal
tower. Accessible only by boat. |
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Battle Island
(ON 95) Located at the western end of the island, south of
Rossport. Accessible only by boat.
Photo may be purchased from
Marinas.com
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Slate Islands
(ON 94)
The Slate
Islands, located about 11 km southeast of Terrace Bay, are included in a
provincial park. Lighthouse located on a bluff on the south side of
Patterson Island. Accessible only by boat.
Photo may be purchased from
Marinas.com |
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Otter Island
(ON 93) |
Located
on a small island off the most remote section of the lakeshore.
Accessible only by boat; tours by sea kayak
available. |
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Davieaux Island
(ON 92) Located on the summit of a small island sheltering
Québec Harbour on the south side of Michipicoten Island. Accessible only
by boat.
Photo may be purchased from
Marinas.com |
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Michipicoten Island East End(ON 91) |
Michipicoten Island is a large (200 sq. mi.) wilderness island 15 km
south of the north shore of the lake and 65 km southwest of Wawa.
The entire island is a provincial park. Tours by
sea kayak are
available. Lighthouse located at the eastern end of the island.
Accessible only by boat. |
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Caribou Island
(ON 90)
Caribou Island is about 55 km off Agawa Bay on the east
shore of the lake. Lighthouse located on a small island southwest of
Caribou Island itself. Accessible only by boat.
Photo may be purchased from
Marinas.com |
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Coppermine Point(ON 89)
September 4,
2009
Originally located on the cape, about 20 km northwest
of Batchawana Bay. After deactivation, the lighthouse was sold and
relocated to a restaurant and campground at Hibbard Bay, about 3 km
to the north. These businesses are now closed and are a private
residence. The lighthouse
still stands beside ON 17 about 100 km north of Sault Sainte Marie and
pictures can be taken from the road. |
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Corbeil Point(ON 88)
September 4, 2009
Located on a prominent cape at the west side of the
entrance to Batchawana Bay, about 3 km southwest of the town of
Batchawana Bay. This is now a private residence and marked
no-trespassing. This photo is taken from the public road |
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Île Parisienne
(ON 87)
September 7, 2009
latitude 46° 38' 41.2" N longitude 84° 43' 25.0" WÎle Parisienne is an uninhabited 2200 acre island in
Whitefish Bay southeast of Whitefish Point, Michigan, and northwest of
the entrance to the St. Mary's River. The lighthouse is located at the
southwest corner of the island. Accessible only by boat.
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Gros Cap Reef
(ON 86)
September 7, 2009
lat. 46° 30' 43.7" N longitude 84° 36'
55" W
The lighthouse is mounted on a unique concrete crib
that has a knife-edge similar to a ship's prow pointed northwest; this
design splits ice floes in the winter. Located on the southwest edge of
the reef guarding the entrance to the river from Lake Superior.
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Pointe aux Pins Range Front
(ON 84)
September 7, 2009
This is an "upbound" (westbound) range guiding ships
around a sharp bend in the river above the Soo Locks. Despite its name,
the lighthouse is on Pointe Louise, not Pointe aux Pins. Located on the
point, at the end of Pointe Louise Road on the west side of Sault Sainte
Marie. Soo Locks Boat Tours
has a lighthouse
cruise that provides a view of this (and several more)
lighthouse(s). |
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