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Many of the existing lighthouses were built to replace previous structures. All dates in this list indicate when the Existing structures were illuminated. If you have definitive information on any errors on this list, please feel free to email us!

Existing lighthouses illuminated before 1850

1829  Fort Gratiot
1832  Thunder Bay Main
1840  Old Presque Isle

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1850 and 1860

1851  Waugoshance 
1853  Bailey's Harbor 
1855  Rock Harbor 
1857  Charity Island 
1857  Point Aux Barques 
1858  Old Michigan City 
1858  Grand Traverse 
1858  Point Betsie 
1858  Beaver Island
1858  Pottawatomie (Rock Island) 
1859  St. Clair Flats South Channel

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1861 and 1870

1861  Manitou Island 
1861  Whitefish Point
1863  Raspberry Island 
1866  Copper Harbor
1866  Marquette Harbor 
1866  Ontonagon
1866  Peninsula Point 
1866  Kenosha (Southport) 
1866  Racine Harbor 
1867  Big Sable
1867  Bois Blanc Island 
1867  Grand Island Old North
1867  Sand Point (Escanaba) 
1867  Gull Rock
1868  Huron Island
1868  South Fox Island 
1868  Chambers Island 
1868  Eagle Bluff 
1869  Granite Island
1869  McGulpins Point 
1869  Sturgeon Point 
1869  Bailey's Harbor Range 
1869  Cana Island 
1870  Grand Island East Channel
1870  Old Mission Point 
1870  Portage River (Jacobsville)
1870  St. James (Beaver Island Harbor) 

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1871 and 1880

1871  Eagle Harbor
1871  Point Iroquois 
1871  Presque Isle New 
1872  South Manitou Island 
1873  St. Helena Island 
1873  Pilot Island 
1874  Au Sable Point
1874  Eagle River
1874  Little Sable 
1874  Poverty Island 
1874  Spectacle Reef 
1874  Outer Island 
1875  Isle Royale 
1875  White River 
1876  Saginaw River Rear Range 
1876  Tawas Point 
1878  Sand Point (Baraga) 
1880  Cheboygan River Range Front 
1880  Michigan Island Light (1st tower) 
1880  Wind Point 

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1881 and 1890

1881  Sand Island 
1882  Passage Island 
1882  Stannard's Rock 
1883  Sherwood Point 
1884  Little Traverse Harbor Point 
1885  Detroit River (Bar Point Shoal) 
1885  Harbor Beach 
1886  Point Sanilac 
1888  Seul Choix Point 
1888  North Point (Milwaukee) 

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1891 and 1900

1892  Old Mackinac Point 
1892  Round Island 
1892  Squaw Island 
1892  Two Harbors 
1894  Rawley Point (Twin River Point) 
1895  Grand Marais (MI) Rear Range
1895  Grand Marais Front Range 
1895  Mendota (Bete Grise)
1896  Big Bay Point
1896  Chequamegon Point 
1896  La Pointe (Long Island) 
1897  Forty Mile Point 
1897  Plum Island Rear Range 
1898  Devils Island 
1899  Port Austin Reef

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1901 and 1910

1901  Duluth S Breakwater Inner 
1901  Duluth S Breakwater Outer 
1903  Muskegon South Breakwater 
1903  South Haven South Pier head 
1903  Sturgeon Bay Canal 
1903  Sturgeon Bay North Pier head 
1904  Michigan City Pier head 
1904  Crisp Point
1905  Grand Haven Inner Pier head 
1905  Grand Haven Outer Pier head 
1905  Middle Island 
1905  St. Martin Island 
1906  Gros Ile North Channel Front Range 
1906  St. Joseph Outer Pier head 
1906  St. Joseph Inner Pier head 
1906  Milwaukee Pier head 
1908  Munising rear Range 
1908  Rock of Ages
1910  Cheboygan Crib 
1910  White Shoal 
1910  Duluth Harbor North Pier 
1910  Split Rock 

Existing lighthouses illuminated between 1911 and 1920

1913  Superior Entry S Breakwater 
1914  Alpena 
1914  Grand Island Harbor Rear Range
1915  Ashland Harbor Breakwater 
1917  Manistique East Breakwater 
1918  Manitowoc Breakwater 
1919  Sand Hills 
1920  Keweenaw Lower Entrance 

Existing lighthouses illuminated since 1921

1922  Grand Marais 
1924  Ludington North Breakwater 
1926  Milwaukee Breakwater 
1927  Manistee North Pier head 
1927  Martin Reef 
1927  Menominee North Pier head 
1928  Lansing Shoal 
1929  Poe Reef 
1930  Fourteen Foot Shoal 
1931  Detour Reef 
1931  Kewaunee Pier head 
1932  Frankfort North Breakwater 
1932  Algoma Front Pier head 
1935  Minneapolis Shoal 
1935  North Manitou Shoal 
1935  Port Washington Breakwater 
1936  Holland Harbor South Pier 
1938  Escanaba 
1948  Charlevoix South Pier 
1948  Round Island Passage 

This page last updated 10/01/2003

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