Tag: Lighthouses
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Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
Michigan in the Great Lakes Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Did you know that there is a lighthouse in Michigan that looks a lot like a castle? Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, which is sometimes referred to as the “Castle of the Straits,” is located in the lower peninsula of Michigan on the Straits of Mackinac, a…
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Point Betsie Lighthouse
Michigan in the Great Lakes Point Betsie Lighthouse Fresnel Lens Have you ever seen a Fresnel Lens? Point Bestie Lighthouse’s 100-year-old Fourth Order Fresnel lens, which was utilized at the lighthouse at one time, is on display at the Lake Michigan lighthouse during its open season which begins in May. The Fourth Order Fresnel lens,…
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Museum and Observatory
Michigan in the Great Lakes Whitefish Point Lighthouse Did you know that the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter memorialized in song, was lost off the coast of Whitefish Point on November 10, 1975? It went down in Lake Superior about 15 miles northwest of Whitefish Point Lighthouse. Whitefish Point Lighthouse is located in Paradise, Michigan in…
Terri Greening 