UPDATE FROM DETOUR REEF LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY submitted by Jeri Baron Feltner, Secretary, DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society has chosen U.P. Engineers & Architects from Marquette, Michigan, to begin the restoration process on the lighthouse. Grants of nearly one million dollars awarded to the Society will be used toward […]
Archive | December, 2013
Tawas Coast Guard Station – 3/11/02
Tawas Coast Guard Station The former US Life Saving/US Coast Guard Station located in Tawas, Michigan is up for sale. The asking price is $750,000. The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy (MLC) is interested in saving this property from the demolition block. The property has no historic preservation covenants on it. It is one of only a […]
Cheboygan could get first shot at keeping decommissioned icebreaker Mackinaw 2/10/02
By BRENDA WEBB CHEBOYGAN TRIBUNE Tribune Staff Writer CHEBOYGAN — For 58 years, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw has called Cheboygan “home.”But she is scheduled for decommissioning shortly after a new icebreaker is brought to Cheboygan in 2005.The question is, does Cheboygan want to keep the old ship, too. U.S Rep. Bart Stupak, […]
Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival – 12/14/02
7th Annual Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival Alpena, MI. October 10-13, 2002 There will be helicopter, bus, boat and plane tours throughout the weekend, area lighthouses will be open. Climb to the top of the tower and gaze across the lake. Visit with lighthouse groups from all over the Great Lakes and beyond. Lots of lighthouse […]