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Managing Organization:
Pointe Aux Barques Lighthouse Society
Website: http://www.pointeauxbarqueslighthouse.org
Email: info@pointeauxbarqueslighthouse.org
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 97
Port Hope
Michigan,
48468,
United States
Notes:
This lighthouse is now located in a county park; camping is available in the park. Legend has it that a friendly female ghost haunts the lighthouse. Tower Height: 89 Height of Focal Plane: 93 Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower; lantern has red cupola.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1908 attached 1.5 story brick keeper's house, oil house, carriage house, assistant keeper's house. Earlier Towers?
1848: stone tower. Date Established: 1848 Date Present Tower Built: 1857 Optics: 1857: Third order Fresnel lens (now at Huron City Museum in Huron City, MI under loan from the Coast Guard); now DCB-224. Current Use: Active aid to navigation, museum. Open To Public? Museum and grounds only. Museum?
The lighthouse is home to two museums: the Thumb Underwater Bottomland Preserve Museum, and the Lighthouse Historical Museum. The lighthouse is open weekends and holidays only, from 12 to 4 p.m. Directions:
This lighthouse is located in Lighthouse County Park, located on Lighthouse Road off M-25. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Peter L Shook (1848-1849), Catherine Shook (1849-1851)
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