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 the restoration program which is slated to begin in the spring as soon as the ice melts and take two to three years to complete.
The goal of the Society is to take visitors safely to the offshore lighthouse for narrated tours. Located in Northern Lake Huron in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula at the mouth of the St. Mary’s River in DeTour Passage, the DeTour Reef Light was built in 1931. It replaced the onshore lighthouse (DeTour Point Light) which was established in 1847 at this busy ship commerce lane connecting Lake Huron with Lake Superior.
The DRLPS will be having two fun fundraisers which include a Father’s Day Cruise to the DeTour Reef Light, Martin Reef Light, Round Island Light, and Pipe Island Light on Sunday, June 16, 2002, departing from DeTour Village, Michigan, and an Elegant Evening Under the Stars dinner at Bayside on Drummond Island, Michigan, on Saturday, July 6, 2002. In addition, their annual membership meeting open to the public will be held on Saturday, June 15 in DeTour Village. Please call 906-493-6711 for further information about these events, or request information from DRLPS, PO Box 519, DeTour Village MI 49725, <www.DRLPS.com>.