Lovers of Michigan maritime ... Lakes Museum on Belle Isle and Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center in Alpena, but visitors to Presque Isle are treated to two historic lighthouses and the ...

Visitors to Presque Isle are treated to not one, but two historic lighthouses and the Keeper's House Museum, making this a bucket list destination for lovers of maritime history. Alpena resident ...

On the eastern shore of northern Lower Michigan, there is an area known as "The Shipwreck Alley." It's a good spot for a lighthouse. The current Presque Isle Lighthouse was built in 1870 and was ...

Lemuel Crawford was living in Detroit in 1838 when Congress appropriated $5,000 to build a lighthouse at Presque Isle Harbor in the northeast Lower Peninsula. Crawford apparently sensed opportunity.

PRESQUE ISLE TOWNSHIP, MI – Often thought of as warm-weather destinations, Michigan’s lighthouses can be a tranquil escape in the depths of winter. On the shores of Lake Huron, the New Presque ...

For some, lighthouses ... sit the old and new Presque Isle lights, guiding mariners over Lake Huron’s waters for a total of 324 years. For this week’s Northern Michigan from Above, chief ...

The Presque Isle Lighthouse is located along the shore of Lake Erie at Presque Isle State Park near Leslie Beach. Owned by the state and operated by the Presque Isle Light Station nonprofit ...

Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival, Oct. 13-16, Alpena (800-4-ALPENA): Learn about some of Michigan's maritime history while taking tours of the old and new Presque Isle lighthouses and keepers ...