GRAND ISLAND NORTH
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: GRAND ISLAND/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: MUNISING
County: ALGER
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1854
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1867
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1961
- Automated: 1961
- Foundation Materials:
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: SQUARE BRICK TOWER ATTACHED TO
DWELLING
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 40
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1855
Description: WOOD
Fate/Disposition: DISMANTLED 1867
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1961
- Type: POLE
- Tower Height:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Current Optic: Year Installed:
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1867
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style:
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, STORAGE BUILDING, OUTHOUSE, WELL
Current Use: SUMMER HOME
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER/ISLAND OWNED BY U.S. FOREST SERVICE
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #85002149
Name of Listing: GRAND ISLAND NORTH LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous: RESTORED BUT NOT MODERNIZED
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