The original Belle Isle lighthouse was demolished in 1943. The lens was moved to the Livingstone lighthouse in 1935 or 1936, according to the Coast Guard, but a fog enveloped its fate.

The lighthouse is on a part of Belle Isle many have never been. It was designed by Albert Kahn, who we profiled last year. Uniquely Detroit's Alex Atwell was given a special look inside the ...

The Belle Isle Lighthouse was decommissioned in 1930, amid the debut of the William Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse less than a mile away on the northeast part of the island, and demolished in 1943 .

DETROIT (WLNS) – The U.S. Justice Department has sued a Livingston County man over the two lighthouse lenses worth an estimated $600,000. The lenses in question disappeared from lighthouses on ...

The U.S. Justice Department has sued a hunter of maritime antiques in hopes of recovering a pair of 2-foot (0.6 meter) tall glass lenses worth an estimated $600,000 that disappeared decades ago ...

DETROIT (AP)—The U.S. Justice Department has sued a Livingston County man to recover two lenses worth an estimated $600,000 that disappeared from lighthouses on Belle Isle and in Portland, Maine ...

Belle Isle parking would get shifted to more popular spots, ... Aerial of William Livingston Memorial Lighthouse on Belle Isle in Detroit on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

It's unclear what happened to the Belle Isle lens after it was moved to the Livingstone lighthouse around 1935, according to the Coast Guard. Its whereabouts since haven't been tracked.