At the remote tip of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, Manitou Island rises from the waters of Lake Superior. Here, the Manitou Island Light Station has guided vessels for more than a century and a half. It stands as one of the oldest surviving iron skeletal lighthouse towers on the Great Lakes. A Strategic Light on Lake Superior Workers constructed the first lighthouse on Manitou Island as a rubble stone tower in 1850. Its placement reflected the growing need to guide vessels navigating the northern reaches of Lake Superior. In this area, rocky shorelines and sudden storms made travel uncertain. In 1861,… Read More »
