St. Clair Flats Front and Rear Range Light are two lighthouse structures situated off the southeastern tip of Harsens Island at Lake St. Clair. By the...

River (Michigan) St. Clair Flats Front and Rear Range Light St. Clair River Swamplands Act of 1850 Sydenham River (Lake Saint Clair) Tecumseh, Ontario...

Shooting Club St. Clair River Informational Designation Stewart Farm / Memoir of Aura Stewart St. Clair Flats Front and Rear Range Light According to the...

the first light, and in 1876 a pair of lighthouses were constructed in range light configuration to provide improved navigation. The front one was located...

four of the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair and connecting waterways. The first lighthouse in the state, Fort Gratiot Light, was erected in 1825. It is still...

built on the Point's highest ground, this first light had a 63-foot (19 m) focal plane, and a range of visibility of 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)...

Gratiot Light marks the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron (going south) in the southern portion of Michigan's Thumb. The light is still...

The Munising Rear Range Light works with the Munising Front Range Light to project a line of light out into Lake Superior in order to guide boats from...

The Ludington Light is a 57-foot (17 m) tall steel-plated lighthouse in Ludington, Michigan, which lies along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan, at...

Harbor Light, known as Big Red, is located in Park Township, Michigan at the entrance of a channel connecting Lake Michigan with Lake Macatawa, and which...

installation of the Copper Harbor Front Range Light and the Copper Harbor Rear Range Light. The steel light tower in current use went into service in 1933...

The Big Bay Point Light is a lighthouse which stands on a tall bluff over a rocky point near Big Bay, Michigan, approximately 24 miles (39 km) northwest...

Michigan. There is also a functioning unmanned light on another, much smaller Squaw Island in the St. Mary's River. Squaw Island: Block 1078, Census...

Frankfort Light is a lighthouse located on the north breakwater in the harbor in Frankfort, Michigan. The current light was constructed in 1912 and placed...

The Munising Front Range Light and its matching Munising Rear Range Light replaced the ineffective Grand Island East Channel Light in 1905. These two...

Light is a lighthouse located on a reef that was the most serious hazard to navigation on Lake Superior. The exposed crib of the Stannard Rock Light is...

pier. In 1897 a pole light was erected 400 feet shoreward to serve as a rear range light. In 1904, the pier was extended, and the range lights were moved...

rear range light would improve navigation, the Lighthouse Board requested that the unused funds be re-appropriated toward constructing a second light...

difficult so the Munising Range Lights were constructed (Munising Rear Range Light, Munising Front Range Light) and this light was removed from service...

1899. The existing Muskegon South Pierhead Light conical steel tower replaced the wooden rear range beacon light in 1903, utilizing the original, historic...

higher rear light is placed behind the front light. When the mariner sees the lights vertically in line, he is on the range line. If the front light appears...

Mission Point Light is a lighthouse located in the U.S. state of Michigan at the end of Old Mission Point, a peninsula jutting into Grand Traverse Bay...

Light, Christmas Rear Range Light, or End of the Road Light. The corresponding front range light was replaced in 1968; the rear range light was listed on...

1920. She is now a museum ship moored in Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. Huron is one of many lightvessels that were moored on...

sailed from Mackinaw Point to the Saint Clair River, one would never be out of viewing range of a lighthouse. The light is named because it is on 40 mile Point...

The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior...

body of water, and then a compass and sextant were the major navigation tools. Sailing schooners left Detroit and the St. Clair River and soon left the...

Grassy Island Light is a lighthouse located on Grassy Island, Michigan. Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard...

and began service in the shipping season of 1859. The lighthouse cost $5,000 to build. In 1875, a life saving station was built for $3,000. The light...

Michigan's western shore and Green Bay on the one hand, and the Straits of Mackinac on the other. Although the St. Helena Island Light marked the western entry...