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Whitefish Point Lighthouse
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During this trip to the U.P. we took in several lighthouses. Here is some info about this one.
Construction on the first light began in 1847, and the lighthouse was said to resemble that at Old Presque Isle Light. First lit in 1849, it was one of the first lighthouses on the shores of Lake Superior. It is the oldest active light on the lake, standing at the point of land that marks the course change for vessels coming from the southern coast of Lake Superior, known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes", to the Soo Locks. All vessels entering or leaving Lake Superior must past Whitefish Point. Whitefish Point Light is arguably the most important light on Lake Superior. The Whitefish Point area has more shipwrecks than any other area in Lake Superior.
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Sandi, thanks for this fine lighthouse capture and the well documented accompanying narrative.
I think it's wise, in order to complete this very interesting story, to provide you with this link. Maybe interesting for not ship lovers as well.
I'm not that well known about the Great Lakes. In my former career I never sailed on the Great Lakes although the Saint Lawrence Seaway (a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States) permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior.
I paid only, with a relatively small ship, a port call to Chicoutimi on the western end of the Saguenay Fjord.
Good angle and photo.
