Lighthouse Tower Types Seeing The Light
Of the Western Great Lakes

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The following list breaks down all of the lights of the Western Great Lakes by the type of towers in the current structure. If you have definitive proof of any errors, or any suggestions concerning this list, please feel free to email us. 


STATIONS WITH ATTACHED TOWERS

Square attached towers
Big Bay Point
Bois Blanc Island
Cheboygan River Range Front
Copper Harbor
Detour Reef
Eagle Bluff
Eagle River
Forty Mile Point
Grand Haven Outer Pier head
Grand Island East Channel
Grand Island Old North
Granite Island
Holland Harbor South Pier
Huron Island
Kewaunee Pier head
Lansing Shoal
Little Traverse Harbor Point
Ludington North Breakwater
Marquette Harbor
Martin Reef Light
Mendota (Bete Grise)		 Michigan City Old Lighthouse
Milwaukee Breakwater
North Manitou Shoal
Old Mission Point
Ontonagon
Pilot Island
Poe Reef
Port Austin Reef
Port Washington Breakwater
Pottawatomie (Rock Island)
Racine Harbor
Raspberry Island
Round Island
Saginaw River Rear Range
Sand Hills
Sand Point (Baraga)
Sand Point (Escanaba)
Sherwood Point
South Fox Island
Two Harbors

Conical attached towers
Au Sable Point
Bailey's Harbor Light
Big Sable
Charity Island
Crisp Point
Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal)
Fourteen Foot Shoal
Harbor Beach Light
Little Sable Light
Michigan Island Light (1st tower) 
Middle Island Light
Outer Island Light
Point Aux Barques Light
Point Iroquois Light		 Portage River (Jacobsville)
Poverty Island Light
Presque Isle New Light
South Manitou Island Light
Spectacle Reef Light
St. Helena Island Light
Stannard's Rock Light
Sturgeon Point Light
Tawas Point Light
Thunder Bay Main
Waugoshance Light
White Shoal Light
Wind Point Light

Cylindrical attached towers
Algoma Front Pier head
Beaver Island
Cana Island
Duluth S Breakwater Outer
Manitowoc Breakwater		 Old Mackinac Point
Point Betsie
Rock Harbor
Sturgeon Bay N Pier head
Wisconsin Point

Octagonal attached towers
Chambers Island
Eagle Harbor
Isle Royale
McGulpins Point
Michigan City Pier head
Minneapolis Shoal
Passage Island		 Sand Island
Seul Choix Point
Split Rock
Squaw Island
St. Joseph Inner Pier head
White River

Skeletal attached towers
Manitou Island
DeTour Point		 Whitefish Point

Miscellaneous attached towers
Frankfort North Breakwater-Pyramidal
Grand Traverse Light-Nonagonal		 Point Sanilac Light-Hourglass
Rock of Ages-Bottle shape

STATIONS WITH FREE STANDING TOWERS

Conical free-standing towers
Fort Gratiot
Grand Haven Inner Pier head
Grand Island Harbor Rear Range
Kenosha (Southport)
Milwaukee Pier head		 Munising rear Range
Muskegon South Breakwater
Presque Isle Old Light
St. Clair Flats South Channel

Skeletal free-standing towers
Alpena
Charlevoix South Pier
Chequamegon
Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Inner
Grand Marais
Grand Marais (MI) Rear Range		 Grand Marais Front Range
La Pointe (Long Island)
Plum Island Rear Range
Rawley Point (Twin River Point)
Sturgeon Bay Canals

Cylindrical free-standing towers
Devils Island Light
Duluth Harbor North Pier Light
Manistee North Pierhead Light		 South Haven South Pier head Light
St. James (Beaver Island Harbor) Light
St. Joseph Outer Pier head Light

Octagonal free-standing towers
Cheboygan Crib
Gros Ile North Channel Front Range
Keweenaw Lower Entrance		 Menominee North Pier head
North Point (Milwaukee)

Miscellaneous free-standing towers
Ashland Breakwater - Pyramidic
Bailey's Harbor Range - Bottle-shaped
Escanaba - Square
Gull Rock Light Station - Unknown		 Manistique E Breakwater- Pyramidic
Peninsula Point - Square
St. Martin Island - Hexagonal

This page last updated 01/04/2004

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