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Name: Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner Light  

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Also known as: Grand Marais Rear Range Light

Nearest Town or City:
Grand Marais, Michigan, United States

Location: Grand Marais Harbor, Lake Superior.


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Managing Organization:
Grand Marais Historical Society

Telephone: 906-494-2306

Website: http://historicalsociety.grandmaraismichigan.com/

Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 179
Grand Marais
Michigan, 49839, United States

Notes:
The Grand Marais Historical Society has converted the former keeper's dwelling at this light station into a museum.

Tower Height: 55

Height of Focal Plane: 53

Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal steel skeletal tower.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1898

Date Present Tower Built: 1898

Current Use: Active aid to navigation, museum.

Open To Public? Grounds and museum.

Museum?
The Grand Marais Historical Society maintains the Lighthouse Keepers Museum on Coast Guard Point in Grand Marais. The museum, featuring the restored Grand Marais Range Lights keeper's dwelling, is open open daily from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in July and August; during the months of June and September, it is open on weekends from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Private tours are available by appointment. Admission is free, though donations are gladly accepted.

Directions:
Follow Highway 58 to Grand Marais, then take County Road 702 to the lighthouse station.


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