>> Click to enlarge << Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse near Alpena, ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

In a ceremony held on October 25, 2014 the ownership of Michigan’s Thunder Bay Island Light Station was transferred to the Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and the Township of Alpena, Michigan. We wish to thank Terry Pepper, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, who attended the ceremony and shared these photos of the ceremony with us.

>> Click to enlarge << United States Senator Carl Levin’s Regional ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

>> Click to enlarge << LCDR Ron Caputo, Chief of US Coast Guard Sector ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

>> Click to enlarge << Great Lakes Balladeer Russ Franzen provided an ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

>> Click to enlarge << Bureau of Land Management State Director John F. ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

>> Click to enlarge << Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Director ... Photo by: Terry Pepper

>> Click to enlarge << Aerial view of Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse. Photo by: Mary Pepper

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