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| Many of the existing lighthouses were built to replace previous structures. All dates in this list indicate when the Existing structures were illuminated. If you have definitive information on any errors on this list, please feel free to email us! | ||
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| 1829
Fort Gratiot 1832 Thunder Bay Main |
1840 Old Presque Isle | |
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| 1851
Waugoshance 1853 Bailey's Harbor 1855 Rock Harbor 1857 Charity Island 1857 Point Aux Barques 1858 Old Michigan City |
1858
Grand Traverse 1858 Point Betsie 1858 Beaver Island 1858 Pottawatomie (Rock Island) 1859 St. Clair Flats South Channel |
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| 1861
Manitou Island 1861 Whitefish Point 1863 Raspberry Island 1866 Copper Harbor 1866 Marquette Harbor 1866 Ontonagon 1866 Peninsula Point 1866 Kenosha (Southport) 1866 Racine Harbor 1867 Big Sable 1867 Bois Blanc Island 1867 Grand Island Old North 1867 Sand Point (Escanaba) 1867 Gull Rock |
1868 Huron Island 1868 South Fox Island 1868 Chambers Island 1868 Eagle Bluff 1869 Granite Island 1869 McGulpins Point 1869 Sturgeon Point 1869 Bailey's Harbor Range 1869 Cana Island 1870 Grand Island East Channel 1870 Old Mission Point 1870 Portage River (Jacobsville) 1870 St. James (Beaver Island Harbor) |
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| 1871
Eagle Harbor 1871 Point Iroquois 1871 Presque Isle New 1872 South Manitou Island 1873 St. Helena Island 1873 Pilot Island 1874 Au Sable Point 1874 Eagle River 1874 Little Sable 1874 Poverty Island |
1874 Spectacle Reef 1874 Outer Island 1875 Isle Royale 1875 White River 1876 Saginaw River Rear Range 1876 Tawas Point 1878 Sand Point (Baraga) 1880 Cheboygan River Range Front 1880 Michigan Island Light (1st tower) 1880 Wind Point |
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| 1881
Sand Island 1882 Passage Island 1882 Stannard's Rock 1883 Sherwood Point 1884 Little Traverse Harbor Point |
1885
Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) 1885 Harbor Beach 1886 Point Sanilac 1888 Seul Choix Point 1888 North Point (Milwaukee) |
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| 1892
Old Mackinac Point 1892 Round Island 1892 Squaw Island 1892 Two Harbors 1894 Rawley Point (Twin River Point) 1895 Grand Marais (MI) Rear Range 1895 Grand Marais Front Range 1895 Mendota (Bete Grise) |
1896
Big Bay Point 1896 Chequamegon Point 1896 La Pointe (Long Island) 1897 Forty Mile Point 1897 Plum Island Rear Range 1898 Devils Island 1899 Port Austin Reef |
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| 1901
Duluth S Breakwater Inner 1901 Duluth S Breakwater Outer 1903 Muskegon South Breakwater 1903 South Haven South Pier head 1903 Sturgeon Bay Canal 1903 Sturgeon Bay North Pier head 1904 Michigan City Pier head 1904 Crisp Point 1905 Grand Haven Inner Pier head 1905 Grand Haven Outer Pier head 1905 Middle Island |
1905
St. Martin Island 1906 Gros Ile North Channel Front Range 1906 St. Joseph Outer Pier head 1906 St. Joseph Inner Pier head 1906 Milwaukee Pier head 1908 Munising rear Range 1908 Rock of Ages 1910 Cheboygan Crib 1910 White Shoal 1910 Duluth Harbor North Pier 1910 Split Rock |
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| 1913
Superior Entry S Breakwater 1914 Alpena 1914 Grand Island Harbor Rear Range 1915 Ashland Harbor Breakwater |
1917
Manistique East Breakwater 1918 Manitowoc Breakwater 1919 Sand Hills 1920 Keweenaw Lower Entrance |
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| 1922
Grand Marais 1924 Ludington North Breakwater 1926 Milwaukee Breakwater 1927 Manistee North Pier head 1927 Martin Reef 1927 Menominee North Pier head 1928 Lansing Shoal 1929 Poe Reef 1930 Fourteen Foot Shoal 1931 Detour Reef |
1931
Kewaunee Pier head 1932 Frankfort North Breakwater 1932 Algoma Front Pier head 1935 Minneapolis Shoal 1935 North Manitou Shoal 1935 Port Washington Breakwater 1936 Holland Harbor South Pier 1938 Escanaba 1948 Charlevoix South Pier 1948 Round Island Passage |
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