(Above Left)
Grand Island East Channel
Established: 1868
Status: Inactive/near ruins
Location: South East shore of Grand Island
Type: Square integral tower
Access: Boat
Abandoned in 1913, this building has been weathering away since that time. The light and property around it are privately owned.
(Above Right) Port Sanilac
Established: 1886
Status: Active, private residence
Location: City of Port Sanilac
Type: Octagonal Brick
Access: Car
This 69 foot active lighthouse contains a beam that can be seen 16 miles out at lake level.
White Rock Lighthouse
(Above)
Harbor Beach (Sand Beach)
Established: 1885
Status: Active
Location: Harbor Beach pierhead
Type: Conical cast iron
Access: Boat
In the 1880's a massive breakwater extension was constructed. Dozens of ship wrecks lay around this area as evidence of those boats that tried, and failed, to make it to that shelter.
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(Above) Port Austin Reef Established: (1878) 1876
Status: Active
Location: Port Austin Reef at the tip of the thumb of Michigan
Type: Square
Access: Boat
This shot was taken from the pier in the city of Port Austin - a distance of 1 1/2 miles from the lighthouse using a 400 mm lens with a 2X teleconverter!
Made of brick on it's octangonal foundation the light is located a mile and a half from the nearest land. The lighthouse no longer contains it's fourth order Fresnel lens, but is illuminated by a plastic lamp.
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