Grand Marais Lighthouse
Grand Marais Lighthouse is located in Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. The square pyramidal skeleton style lighthouse was built in 1885 at the end of the eastern harbor breakwater. Visitors can walk along the breakwater to the lighthouse. The breakwater is constructed of concrete walkway with some flat rocky sections. The rocky sections are […]
Caribou Island Lighthouse
Caribou Island Lighthouse is located 40 miles from the Canadian mainland in Ontario’s Algoma Country. It is the most isolated island on Lake Superior. The lighthouse is actually located on a very small island 1 mile (1.6km) southwest of Caribou Island. It was first established in 1886 and rebuilt in 1912 to a hexagonal concrete […]
Porphyry Island Lighthouse
Porphyry Island Lighthouse is located on the eastern side of the Black Bay Peninsula 24.8 miles (40km) east of Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. Only accessible by boat, the closest launching point is at Silver Islet at the end of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. There are also charter boat excursions that will take you […]
Angus Island Lighthouse
Angus Island Lighthouse is located on a small island off the south side of Pie Island approximately 12 miles (19.3km) from Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. The lighthouse was first established in 1927, today it is still active and is a skeletal steel tower. It was built to work in conjunction with the Trowbridge […]
Thunder Bay Main Lighthouse
Thunder Bay Main Lighthouse is located in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. Built in 1937, the lighthouse is on the break water and marks an entrance to the Thunder Bay Harbor. It is a two story white and red dwelling with the lantern room to the height of 43 feet (13m). The breakwater isn’t […]
Pie Island Lighthouse
Pie Island Lighthouse is located about 6 miles (10km) south of Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country at the west end of the island. Built in 1895, the lighthouse is a small 23 foot (7m) tall square wooden tower, painted white with red accents. It is not open to the public and only accessible by […]
Trowbridge Island Lighthouse
Trowbridge Island Lighthouse is located at the north side of the entrance to Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. The lighthouse is owned and operated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It was first established in 1924, today it is still active and works in conjunction with the Angus Island Lighthouse on the […]
Welcome Island Lighthouse
Welcome Island Lighthouse is located 5.9 miles (9.5kms) from Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. It was established in 1906 and rebuilt in 1959 with a red square skeletal tower and two single story dwellings. The grounds are closed to the public so it can only be seen by private or charter boat.
Shaganash Island Lighthouse – Island Number 10
Shaganash Island Lighthouse is actually located on Island Number 10 that is an Island west of Shaganash Island and 9.3 miles (15km) east of Porphyry Island Lighthouse in Ontario’s Superior Country. It is only accessible by boat and the grounds are open for visitors with picnic tables and a thunder box. However the 24 foot […]
Battle Island Lighthouse
Battle Island Lighthouse is located 5.7 miles (9.3km) from the shore of Rossport in Ontario’s Superior Country. The lighthouse was placed for boats coming in from Lake Superior through Simpson Channel into Nipigon Bay. The existing lighthouse was built in 1911 to replace the lighthouse placed there in 1871. The lighthouse can be viewed by […]
Superior Entry Lighthouse - Wisconsin Point Lighthouse
Superior Entry Lighthouse is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. It is found at the end of the 10 mile (16km) long freshwater sandbar – Wisconsin Point. The sand bar is split in the middle, the other side of the split makes up Minnesota Point also known as Park Point in Duluth Minnesota. A […]
Huron Island Lighthouse
Huron Island Lighthouse is located on Lighthouse Island which is the western of the Huron Islands. The island is located 3 miles (4.8km) off the Michigan Coast near Skanee and 18 miles (28.9km) east of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The lighthouse was established in 1868 and stands 39 feet (12m) tall. The island is one of […]
