The Crisp Point Lighthouse has a fixed red Fourth Order lens located at a focal plane of 62 feet. The light was built in 1905.
Apostle Island Sea Caves
Wisconsin Point Lighthouse
Night Light
May 18th - The Crisp Point Lighthouse has a fixed red Fourth Order lens located at a focal plane of 62 feet. The light was built in 1905.
Built in 1892, Two Harbors lighthouse guided the mighty US Steel ships into the harbor for over 100 years. Standing 49 feet hight, the beacon shines 78 feet above the waters of Lake Superior.
The shipwreck of the John Jacob Astor in 1844 and rapidly expanding Lake Superior shipping traffic influenced lead to the construction of the Copper Harbor Lighthouse in 1847. For $4,800, Charles Rude built the original 65-foot-tall split stone, whitewashed tower on Hays Point between 1848-1849 about 100 feet in front of the present lighthouse in the vicinity of the steel tower.
The Point Iroquois Light was first illuminated in 1857 and its Fourth Order Fresnel lens shone over one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world: the entrance to the St. Mary's River and the Soo Locks. Point Iroquois became busier with each passing year, and the personnel and facilities required to run the station grew accordingly. In 1870 the house and tower were completely rebuilt, and in 1902, a two-story rectangular brick house was added to the residence to provide housing for the assistant keeper at a total cost of $18,000.
The morning after one of the most powerful storms of the year, the warm light of the breaking dawn floodes the Two Harbors Breakwater to reveal a most magnificent sight.
Built in 1892, Two Harbors lighthouse guided the mighty US Steel ships into the harbor for over 100 years. Standing 49 feet hight, the beacon shines 78 feet above the waters of Lake Superior.
The full Harvest Moon backlights the Grand Marais Lighthouse on the October evening.
Split Rock Aerial
Grand Marais Lighthouse
Congress appropriated $6,000 for constructing the station on March 3, 1859, and a work crew was dispatched to begin construction on the island during the 1862 navigation season. Work continued through year until winter's ravages made continuation impossible, and resumed the following spring. The new structure consisted of a two story, single family wooden frame dwelling with a short square wood tower located at the center of the roof apex. Access to the tower was through a set of steps through the attic located at the top of the second floor landing. Read more about Rasberry Island at "Seeing the Light": http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/raspberry/index.htm
Split Rock Lighthouse
Autumn Glory -Split Rock Lighthouse
Guarding the canal between Lake Superior and Lac Labelle, the Mendota light is inaccessible except for views from the opposite side of the canal. The light is unlike any other on the Great Lakes, in that it's integrated tower sits in the center of a deeply sloped roof. This lighthouse, owned and well maintained by Gary Kohs, is on of the most picturesque lights on the Lake. ESTABLISHED-- 1870 BUILT-- 1895 LIGHT-- FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS (FIXED) WHITE FLASH EVERY TWENTY SECONDS HEIGHT-- 44 FEET DISTANCE VISIBLE-- 13¾ MILES DECOMISSIONED- - 1960 REACTIVATED -- JULY 5, 1998 AT 9:45 PM
First lit in 1849, the Whitefish Point Light shares honors with that at Copper Harbor for being the first lights on Lake Superior. It stands guard over the entrance to Whitefish Bay, sometimes the only shelter to be found for a ship trying to escape the fury of the lake. Whitefish Point is known as the Graveyard of Ships as more vessels have been lost here than in any other part of the lake. Hundreds of vessels, including the famed Edmund Fitzgerald, lie on the bottom of the bay and the approaches. The lighthouse marks the end of an 80 mile stretch of shoreline known as Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast. This light has shined onto the big lake unfailingly for almost 150 years except for the night when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down. (info from exploringthenorth.com web site)
The red brick Eagle Harbor Light Station sits on the rocky entrance to the harbor and is a working lighthouse as it guides mariners across the northern edge of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The original lighthouse, built in 1851, was replaced in 1871. The octagonal brick light tower is ten feet in diameter, with walls 12 inches thick and it supports a 10-sided cast iron lantern. The Lighthouse was manned by a head keeper and two assistant keepers.
A 40 knot Northeast wind pushes the icy water of Lake Superior onto the licten covered rocks at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
A birds eye view just off the Split Rock cliffs, provides a different point of view of the famous lighthhouse.
Lake Superior waves roll onto the shoreline at Spplit Rock Ligghthouse
Nov. 10 Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial
The shipwreck of the John Jacob Astor in 1844 and rapidly expanding Lake Superior shipping traffic influenced lead to the construction of the Copper Harbor Lighthouse in 1847. For $4,800, Charles Rude built the original 65-foot-tall split stone, whitewashed tower on Hays Point between 1848-1849 about 100 feet in front of the present lighthouse in the vicinity of the steel tower.
The Crisp Point Lighthouse has a fixed red Fourth Order lens located at a focal plane of 62 feet. The light was built in 1905.
Apostle Island Sea Caves
There are five lighthouse in the Duluth Superior Harbor, ranging in age from 155 years to 95 years old.
Split Rock Lighthouse
Built in 1853, Ontonagon Light has a focal plane of 34 feet.
May 31st - The Eagle Harbor Lighthouse has stood watch over Lake Superior since 1850. Located at the northern tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, Eagle Harbor Lighthouse is one of the most picturesque lights on the Lake. On this quiet May morning, the loons were playing in front of the light, while I floated in my kayak on the crystal clear waters of the mighty lake.
January 4th - Split Rock Lighthouse - The Guiding Light of the North ShoreSplit Rock Lighthouse has stood sentinel over the rocky shoreline of the north shore of Lake Superior for more than 100 years.The beautiful lighthouse remains a significant tourist attraction and is the most photographed lighthouse on the Great Lakes.Ships navigating Lake Superior had few references, and after multiple boats ran aground on the rocky cliffs during violent storms, Split Rock Light was commissioned. Split Rock LighthouseI can only imagine the relief sailors would feel once they recognized the flashing light pattern of Split Rock and other lighthouses around the lake, especially during foul weather.Much like the hope that the storm-tossed sailors had in knowing they would soon see the sure light of Split Rock, we have that same hope in knowing God is with us, never changing and steadfast on the rock of Jesus Christ.You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light. 2 Samuel 22:29
March 10 - Night LightsThe March full moon beams through the Duluth North Pier Lighthouse lantern room.He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows it's time for setting. Psalm 104:19It's nice to know that some things in life never change, such as the universe's perfect clockwork.
Magenta Moonrise - January Full Wolf Moon
Marquette Lighthouse
