{Winter Lighthouses}

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Forty Mile Point Lighthouse

Photos by Gail Chapman

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse

Established: 1896
Status: Active
Location: Rogers City, MI
Type: Square/Integral brick duplex
Access: Car

Until the late 1890's the fifty mile stretch of shoreline between Cheboygan and Presque Isle Lighthouse was adark and threatening area to mariners. In 1894 Congress decided to appropriate $25,000 for a light station at Forty Mile Point.
The light was completed in 1896 and placed into operation in 1897.The Forty Mile Point Light stands 53 feet tall. At the top of the octagonal, latern room contains a fourth-order Fresnel lens displaying a flashing white light.

The structure is constructed of brick and has the keeper's quarters built into it. Painted white, the tower stands in sharp contrast to the natural brick of the keeper's dwelling. The architecture of the two-story dwelling is quite interesting and features a pair of dormers, one on either side of the tower. The station also has a brick oil house and fog signal building.

Down on the beach below the lighthouse is the rotting hull of a wooden ship wrecked here in the past. Visitors often walk the beach looking for puddingstones (remnants of volcanic eruption from millions of years ago.)

DIRECTIONS:
From the junction of US-23 and M-68, near Rogers City, go north on US-23 approximately 6.2 miles to an unmarked "Presque Isle County Lighthouse Park." The unmarked road, with a steel gate by the highway, is 2 miles north of P.H. Hoeft State Park and is not 40 Mile Point Rd., which you will also pass.) Follow the short road about one block to a "T" intersection. A parking area is to the right and the lighthouse to the left.

Michigan City Pier Light

Michigan City East Pier
Established: 1904
Status: Active
Location: Indiana
Type: Octagonal/integral
Access: Car

Directions:
Take 421 North into Michigan City, through downtown and to the Lakeshore. As 421 intersects with Lakeshore Drive, continue North into the park. The old shore lighthouse museum is to the left, and the pier light is to the east and approximately 1/4 mile further north around the Marina.

Michigan City Old Lighthouse Museum

The Old Lighthouse Museum
Michigan City, Indiana

Learn more about this Lighthouse Museum here:
http://www.oldlighthousemuseum.org/