Photographer Daniel J. Angelich

Established: (1849) 1861 Status: Active Location: Tip of Whitefish Point Type: Skeletal Access: Car Whitefish Point is critical for mariners. Not only is it the turning point for vessel traffic in and out of Lake Superior but it is also the only shelter within 75 miles of the open lake. Many a lakeboat has struggled to reach the point. Some have never made the distance needed to find the shelter. The light and surrounding buildings have been restored to one of the best maritime and lighthouse museums on the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank off Whitefish Bay with all hands on board when it snapped in two and sank in just seconds. On display is the actual bell of the "Big Fitz", removed from the wreck and restored in 1995. The Edmund Fitzgeral sunk with all hands near Whitefish Harbor on Lake Superior. The bell was raised from her sunken hull recently and is on display.

Established: 1904 Status: Inactive Location: 14 miles West of Whitefish Point Type: Conical brick Automated in 1947 this 58 foot lighthouse was once the location of a United States Lifesaving Service station established in 1876 long before the construction of the light. The light, 18 miles from any main road, was deactivated by the Coast Guard in 1989.