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Managing Organization:
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Telephone:
906-353-6623
Website: http://www.kbic-nsn.gov/html/campgrounds.htm
Contact Address Information:
107 Beartown Rd.
Baraga
Michigan,
49908,
Notes:
This is one of two Sand Point Lighthouses in Michigan; the other is in Escanaba. The lighthouse was moved 200 feet inland in 1898. It was replaced by an automated light on a skeletal tower. It is now within the Ojibwa Recreation Area. Description of Tower: Square brick tower attached to keeper's dwelling, with white lantern.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
Integral two-story brick keeper's dwelling. Date Established: 1878 Date Present Tower Built: 1878
Tower Moved?
1898 Date Deactivated: 1922 Current Use: Private residence. Open To Public? No. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: For a list of the keepers of this lighthouse, see www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/sandpoint/keepers.htm
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