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O R G WMTA.ORG/PLACES-TO-STAY/ to learn more about the destination or call 800.634.2650 27 BORDERING CHICAGO ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN Evanston, home to the GROSSE POINT Grosse Point Lighthouse, LIGHTHOUSE borders Downtown Chicago • Built in 1873 and is an ideal spot to • 113 feet tall base a Chicago area visit monthly • Lead lighthouse marking West MI's Best west mi boasting affordable hotels the approach to Chicago LIVE VIEWS — most with free parking, • Automated in 1934 — the W E S T M I C A M E R A G A L L E R Y Food & Drinks giveaways amazing restaurants, first lighthouse activated WMTA.org/beer-dine-wine beaches and more. by a photo-electric device BOOK YOUR GETAWAY TODAY AT W M T A . O R G www.visitchicagonorthshore.com W M T A . O R G @chicagonorthshore 5. Holland Harbor 72. Cana Island Lighthouse Lighthouse Year Built: 1872 Tower Height: 32' Year Built: 1869 Tower Height: 89' Tours: No Stay at the light? No Tours: Yes Stay at the light? No GPS Coordinates: 42°46'21.7"N GPS Coordinates: 45°05'17.234"N 86°12'44.7"W 87°02'51.515"W Website: BigRedLighthouse.com Website: DCMM.org Did You Know? The first lighthouse Did You Know? Explore Door County’s keeper was Melgert van Regenmorter, most iconic lighthouse, which in 2019 appointed to service in 1870 at an celebrated 150 years of standing watch annual salary of $540. He served until on the shore of Lake Michigan. Ride a just prior to the steam fog signal going hay-wagon over the causeway to explore the island, including the 89-foot-tall light into operation. It is said that he wanted tower, oil storage house, and lighthouse no part of the new technology. WMTA.org LakeLighthouse Map Michigan & Circle Tour Daniel Anderson Photography keeper’s home. Whitefish Point 48 8. White River 25 73. Old Light Station Baileys Harbor Year Built: 1875 Tower Height: 38' Lighthouse Tours: Yes Stay at the light? No Year Built: 1853 Tower Height: 52' GPS Coordinates: 43°22'29.3"N Sault Ste. Marie Tours: No Stay at the light? No 86°25'27.5"W GPS Coordinates: 45°3'21.1"N Website: SPLKA.org 47 87°5'49.3"W Did You Know? Captain William Munising Did You Know? Construction of Baileys Robinson was the very first keeper from Harbor Lighthouse began in 1852. 1875-1919, and he passed away the day With lake levels being extremely low before he was scheduled to depart and that year, the work crew was able to retire. The lighthouse is now a maritime transport the building materials directly museum with many local artifacts and to the island using horse-drawn wagons. ToddandBradReed.com interesting exhibits. Ken & Barb Wardius Information courtesy LighthouseFriends.com 9. Little Sable Hessell 77. Kewaunee Point Lighthouse 43 Pierhead Lighthouse Manistique 50 Year Built: 1874 Tower Height: 115' Rapid River 49 Year Built: 1912 Tower Height: 43' St. Ignace Tours: No Stay at the light? No Tours: Yes Stay at the light? No Squaw 33 Mackinac Island 46 GPS Coordinates: 44°27'26.67"N GPS Coordinates: 43°39'05.0"N 29 Island Round Island 32 45 87°29'34.4"W 86°32'22.6"W 28 24 36 31 Bois Blanc 44 Website: Kewaunee.org Website: SPLKA.org 55 34 35 42 Escanaba 22 23 Island Did You Know? This was originally built Did You Know? Little Sable Point 56 25 30 Lighthouse still has its original third 53 Mackinaw 37 40 as a fog signal building at a time when 57 41 there were two light towers housing order Fresnel lens, making it one of the 54 City 38 few lighthouses on Lake Michigan to be Beaver Cross 39 range lights on the pier. In 1931 a able to showcase its original lens. It is Island Village lantern room was installed on top of the the tallest light on the eastern shores of 24 Cheboygan building and the front tower was moved Lake Michigan. 51 to the entrance of the Chicago River. ToddandBradReed.com 52 19 27 58 Washington 68 69 Rock Island Island Ellison 20 26 Petoskey 12. Big Sable Bay 70 23 80. Manitowoc Point Lighthouse 71 Charlevoix Breakwater Ephraim 20 21 Year Built: 1867 Tower Height: 112' Fish Creek Lighthouse Tours: Yes Stay at the light? Yes Menominee 60 72 Year Built: 1918 Tower Height: 50' GPS Coordinates: 44°03'27.5"N 67 N. Manitou 21 86°30'52.1"W Island 19 Tours: No Stay at the light? No 59 73 Website: SPLKA.org GPS Coordinates: 44°5'33.94"N 61 Egg 74 87°38'37.49"W Did You Know? The Big Sable Tower Harbor S. Manitou 18 Leland was built of Milwaukee cream brick, 62 Bailey’s Harbor Island 18 Did You Know? In 2002 the fifth-order which was so soft that the tower began Fresnel lens was removed and placed deteriorating from the sand which Sturgeon Glen 22 on display at the nearby Wisconsin blew against it. In 1900 the tower was Bay 66 Arbor Maritime Museum. Learn more about encased in steel plates and painted its the museum at WisconsinMaritime.org. trademark black and white. ToddandBradReed.com 17 Empire 75 15 Acme 16 Traverse City Honor 16 17 83. Port 22. Mission Point 15 Lighthouse Glossary Lighthouse Frankfort Beacon: Any fixed lighted Washington North 63 76 or unlighted daymark. Year Built: 1870 Tower Height: 36' N Pierhead Light 64 Tours: Yes Stay at the light? Yes 65 Breakwater: An offshore structure Year Built: 1935 Tower Height: 58' GPS Coordinates: 44°59'28.7"N used to protect a harbor or beach Tours: No Stay at the light? No 85°28'46.2"W Green Bay 77 Bear Lake 13 14 from the force of the waves. GPS Coordinates: 43°23'07.1"N Website: MissionPointLighthouse.com Kewaunee 87°51'34.9"W 14 : A narrow elevated walkway, Did You Know? Every winter the park is A Catwalk Website: VisitPortWashington.com visited by a snowy owl.