The port of Cheboygan was once important, as Michigan's
lumber products were shipped through this small port to markets in the
East during the mid-19th Century.
This was one of the first light stations on the Great Lakes to be
originally equipped with a Fresnel lens.
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LOCATION: Eastern Point of Duncan Bay (now known as Lighthouse
Point), NW Lake Huron
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CURRENT TOWER LIT: 1859
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CURRENT USE: Only the ruins remain
in Cheboygan State Park
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AUTOMATED: Unknown
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DEACTIVATED: 1930 --- no longer needed with Old Mackinaw Point
Light and other lights to better mark the Straits of Mackinaw, as well
as Fourteen Foot Shoal Light to mark the Cheyboygan River
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FOUNDATION MATERIALS: Emplaced
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LIGHTHOUSE MATERIALS: Brick / Wood
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TOWER SHAPE: Circular tower with detached keeper's dwelling
(1851) --- 40 ft. tall / Square, integral tower with octagonal lantern
room (1859) --- 36 ft. tall
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COLOR(S)/MARKINGS/PATTERN:
White
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ORIGINAL LENS: Fifth Order, Fresnel
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NEAT CHARACTERISTICS: The first structure here fell into disrepair and was
torn down in 1859, just eight years after it was completed. Another
light was built that same year and was similar in design to a
lighthouse later built at Port Washington.
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