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| Existing Western Great Lakes Lights | Home | Back |
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| The following lists indicates the years in which Congress approved the establishment of a lighthouse at the location. In most cases, the first structure was built within a few years after the Congressional approval was granted. | ||
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| 1825 - Fort Gratiot 1829 - Bois Blanc Island 1832 - St. Joseph Outer Pier head 1832 - St. Joseph Inner Pier head 1832 - Thunder Bay Main 1832 - Waugoshance 1837 - Michigan City Old 1837 - Pottawatomie (Rock Island) 1839 - Grand Haven Inner Pier head 1839 - Grand Haven Outer Pier head |
1839 - South Manitou Island 1840 - Presque Isle Old 1840 - Presque Isle New 1841 - Saginaw River 1847 - Detour Reef 1848 - Point Aux Barques 1848 - Whitefish Point 1848 - Kenosha (Southport) 1849 - Copper Harbor |
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| 1850 - Manitou Island 1850 - Seul Choix Point 1851 - Eagle Harbor 1851 - Muskegon South Breakwater 1851 - Beaver Island 1852 - Cheboygan Crib Light 1852 - Grand Traverse Light 1852 - Ontonagon 1852 - St. James (Beaver Island) 1853 - Marquette Harbor 1853 - Tawas Point 1853 - Bailey's Harbor 1853 - Bailey's Harbor Range 1853 - Rawley Point (Twin River Point) |
1854 - Eagle River 1854 - Grand Island Old North 1855 - Point Iroquois 1855 - Rock Harbor 1855 - North Point (Milwaukee) 1856 - Portage River (Jacobsville) 1857 - Charity Island 1857 - Michigan Island Light (1st tower) 1858 - Harbor Beach 1858 - Point Betsie 1858 - Chequamegon Point 1858 - La Pointe (Long Island) 1858 - Pilot Island 1859 - St. Clair Flats South Channel |
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| 1863 - Raspberry Island 1866 - Peninsula Point 1866 - Racine Harbor 1866 - Gull Rock L 1867 - Big Sable 1867 - Sand Point (Escanaba) 1868 - Grand Island Harbor Rear Range 1868 - Granite Island 1868 - Huron Island 1868 - Keweenaw Waterway Lower 1868 - South Fox Island |
1868 - Stannard's Rock 1868 - Chambers Island 1868 - Eagle Bluff 1869 - McGulpins Point 1869 - Sturgeon Point 1870 - Grand Island East Channel 1870 - Mendota (Bete Grise) 1870 - Old Mission Point 1870 - Spectacle Reef 1870 - Cana Island |
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| 1871 - Ludington North Breakwater 1872 - Holland Harbor South Pier 1872 - South Haven South Pier head 1872 - Milwaukee Pier head 1873 - Frankfort North Breakwater 1873 - St. Helena Island 1874 - Au Sable Point 1874 - Little Sable 1874 - Poverty Island 1874 - Outer Island |
1875 - Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) 1875 - Isle Royale 1875 - Manistee North Pier head 1875 - White River 1876 - Saginaw Range 1877 - Alpena 1877 - Menominee North Pier head 1878 - Port Austin Reef 1878 - Sand Point (Baraga) 1880 - Cheboygan River Range Front 1880 - Wind Point |
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| 1881 - Sand Island 1882 - Passage Island 1882 - Sturgeon North Pier head 1883 - Sherwood Point 1884 - Little Traverse |
1885 - Grand Marais 1886 - Point Sanilac 1889 - Kewaunee Pier head 1889 - Port Washington Breakwater 1890 - Old Mackinac Point |
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| 1891 - White Shoal 1891 - Devils Island 1892 - Round Island 1892 - Squaw Island 1892 - Two Harbors 1893 - Poe Reef 1893 - Algoma Front Pier head 1894 - Gros Ile North Channel Front |
1895 - Grand Marais Rear Range 1895 - Grand Marais Front Range 1895 - Manitowoc Breakwater 1896 - Big Bay Point 1897 - Forty Mile Point 1897 - Plum Island Rear Range 1899 - Sturgeon Bay Canal 1900 - Lansing Shoal |
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| 1901 - Duluth
S Breakwater Inner 1901 - Duluth S Breakwater Outer 1904 - Michigan City Pier head 1904 - Crisp Point 1905 - Middle Island |
1905 - St. Martin Island 1908 - Munising rear Range 1908 - Rock of Ages 1910 - Duluth Harbor North Pier 1910 - Split Rock |
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| 1911 - Ashland Harbor Breakwater 1913 - Wisconsin Point 1914 - Charlevoix South Pier 1915 - Manistique East Breakwater 1919 - Sand Hills 1926 - Milwaukee Breakwater |
1927 - Martin Reef 1930 - Fourteen Foot Shoal 1935 - Minneapolis Shoal 1935 - North Manitou Shoal 1938 - Escanaba 1947 - Round Island Passage |
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