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Full Beacher Volume 18, Number 44 Thursday, November 7, 2002 A De-Light-Full Tour Around Michigan by Paula McHugh Our neighbors up in Michigan boast that they have the most lighthouses along their shores than any other state in the Union. Considering that four Great Lakes touch the borders of Michigan, that factoid should come as no surprise. The Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival in Alpena over Columbus Day weekend afford- ed an opportunity to visit as many beacons as possible that could be squeezed into three days along the shores of the sunrise side, or Lake Huron, and the sunset side, Lake Michigan. The traveler’s conundrum consists of choosing between quantity and quality when time is short and possibili- ties are many. Michigan records about 116 lighthouses, so the question becomes where to begin? Hold out your left hand with the palm Tawas Point allows a photographer to shoot from many different perspectives. This opera- facing outward and you will get a gener- tional light tower is 67 feet tall and was built in 1876. al idea of the shape of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. About where the thumb touches up against the forefinger on the state map is Tawas Point and where we began our self-guided daylight tour. Formerly known as the Ottawa (Ot-Tawa) Point Light, the 67- foot tower with attached brick keeper’s house serves as the focal point in Tawas Point State Park. The con- tour of the Point allows sunrise and sunset views for campers who come to see both. The well-kept grounds include an open shelter with visual displays explain- ing how the lights work. Trails lead to a grassy beach to give viewers numerous perspectives of the red-roofed quarters and white conical tower. What we found more remarkable than the very handsome lighthouse was a differently textured shoreline along the northern edge of Saginaw Bay. Unlike our famil- iar southern Lake Michigan shores, the beach lacked our soft, “singing” sands. Tawas is gravely and grassy. Continuing north while skirting Lake Huron, the shoreline is rock-strewn. Yet the weather at our trip’s beginning remained fair and the sweetwater sea, calm. The lighthouse at Tawas Point has a small display explaining the work- ings of the Fresnel lenses and their orders. Lighthouses Continued on Page 2 Page 2 November 7, 2002 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.bbpnet.com/ Published and Printed by THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also Subscription Rates delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. 1 year $28 6 months $16 3 months $10 1 month $5 Lighthouses Continued from Page 1 Tawas Point Light would become this writer’s favorite lighthouse among those seen along Lake Huron. Access was easy, vis- itors were few. Photo opportunities were plenty. As we continued our drive north, we would learn that each lighthouse possessed its own unique character and charm. But the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association is already aware of this and has been work- ing diligently to save these remnants of maritime history. Remnants, because mod- ern GIS technology substitutes the need for the beacons to guide ships from trouble. Lighthouse buffs flocked to Alpena for the 7th annual Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival featuring Lake Huron lights. While visiting Alpena, we would rub shoulders with hundreds of lighthouse buffs who are working to save or restore what modern technology would regard as an anachronism. Non-profit groups are being given the opportunity to take ownership of no-longer-useful lights free, and these groups are aware of their tourism potential. The on-ground light- house museums we visited along Lake Huron cannot, in this writer’s humble opinion, hold a candle to our Michigan City Lighthouse Museum. That these museums were no more than gift-shops caught us by surprise. Or maybe we have been spoiled by the informed docents from the Michigan City Historical Society. The limestone and brick Sturgeon Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron near Harrisville. The Cape Cod style house and the light were built in 1869 and used a 6th order Fresnel lens. The French lenses cost a fortune for that time—about $10,000 not counting shipping costs to America. The white, 72-foot tower is trimmed in red. Beaches near the Lake Huron lighthouses are grassy, with gravely like sand. November 7, 2002 Page 3 Color and light, autumn leaves and lighthouses, and the chance to capture on film Michigan’s photogenic Open ‘til 6 p.m. abundance took precedence over history on this trip. Evenings Alpena’s Convention Center hosted their 7th annu- al weekend of workshops, lectures, book signings and shopping opportunities for lovers of the lights. The beacons beckoned us onward while the sun shined and balmy weather prevailed. By evening, the rain began. www.littlehousefashions.comElegant Apparel for the We trekked westward. Next morning, along the [email protected] Conscious Woman Women’s Apparel Lake Michigan shoreline in Petoskey, a snow-rain mix splatted the van camper’s roof and windshield. The wind howled and the lake whipped up frothy waves DESIGNER ORIGINALS and the significance of every lighthouse we had vis- ited came into sharp perspective. Lake Huron might have the reputation for recording the most ship- wrecks on the Great Lakes, but we were viewing stormy seas. And glad to be landbound, too. Ultra soft sweaters, sweater sets, cardigans, short sleeve shell, mock neck and zipper-back sweaters that are washable. It was becoming a dark and stormy dusk, and the cast-iron Cheboygan crib light sat darkly in a park. Cheboygan has two other lights—a 14-foot shoal light and a river range front light. The rain kept us from taking more photos. Sizes S-XXL, 1X-3X Petites can be ordered. We had visited the lights at Tawas, Sturgeon Point, Presque Isle, 40-Mile Point, and Cheboygan on the Huron side. Leaving Little Traverse Bay, we would leaves the dense clouds—but not the wind—behind as we motored south. Shipwreck thoughts dissolved after we spotted extreme sportsmen parasailing, 15% off kayaking, and jet-boating Hawaiian-sized surf in the shadows of other sentinels we had earmarked as Sale stopping points. Whipped up sand blasted our faces. Turn-of-the-century lightkeepers’ perils came to mind. Storewide Keepers working in towers attached to homes had it on all our easy—sheltered circular stairways to climb to the lights. Pier lights were a more hazardous matter beautiful before automation. fashions $26.00 Road signs to many lighthouses, especially on the Huron side, were either lacking entirely or difficult to find. Whether this omission is on purpose to keep vandals and crowds away or just an oversight, be Meet Us For Lunch And A Style Show warned. Several publications print directions but THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - ROSKOE’S, LA PORTE not all of them are accurate. We backtracked sever- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - HANNAH’S, NEW BUFFALO al times to find our way. With the Great Lakes 409409 AlexanderAlexander StreetStreet LaPorte,LaPorte, IN IN 326-8602 Festival Weekend open tours, we assumed, erro- OnOn Hwy Hwy 35 35 - - 55 BlocksBlocks South ofof Lincolnway Lincolnway neously, that more markers would be posted. TTurnurn RightRight on Alexander MondayMonday-Friday - Friday 9:3010 to to 6 7 Saturday Saturday 9:30 9:30 toto 55 Lighthouses Continued on Page 5 Page 4 November 7, 2002 Lake Huron Lighthouses Old Presque Isle historic marker The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse, when aban- doned for a new one, was saved by far-sighted Old Presque Isle’s tower is constructed of locals. The tower staircase is hand-chiseled stone. brick and stone with 2-feet thick walls. Usually open for tours just twice a year, the New Presque Isle tower allows visitors to climb its 137 stairs to the top. Miff Woolsey waves to the lazy non- climbers below. The New Presque Isle light with its 2-story attached house. The 3rd order Fresnel lens is still in service. New Presque Isle historical marker. A preview of the New Presque Isle lighthouse from the approaching road. One hundred feet tall, the tower is one of the tallest light structures on the The rocky beach at Presque Isle. Great Lakes. No barefoot beachcombing recommend here. November 7, 2002 Page 5 Lighthouses Continued from Page 3 Interestingly, Lake Michigan-side lighthouses were not part of the weekend’s openhouse tour. At Big Sable Point in Ludington State Park, the gate atten- dant was surprised to hear about the Alpena event. And he informed us that the shuttles to Big Sable ran only on certain weekends during the year. The 1- 1/2 mile walk to reach Big Sable was not an option for us because of the strong (and cold) winds and closeness to the State Park’s closing time. The keep- er’s house at Big Sable, as we understand it, is main- tained by volunteers who choose to live there a month or more and provide tours. We viewed ten lighthouses over three days, exam- ining more closely only six. The tallest, the New Presque Isle Light, stands over 100 feet tall with Down the beach from the 40-Mile Point light, ruins from a 1905-shipwreck stands witness to the treachery of this sweetwater sea.
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