Talk:Forty Mile Point Light

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I've not time enough to revise, but the article overgeneralizes. There were quite a few lighthouses built that did not mark any harbor or river mouth. Especially along the Lake Superior side of the UP, there are many lighthouses constructed at various points along the shoreline such that ships would never be out of sight of a light. older ≠ wiser 02:04, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Text of Michigan Historical Markers at Forty Mile Point

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Forty Mile Point Lighthouse / Graveyard of Ships During the late 1800s, the U.S. Lighthouse Board created a system of coastal lights along Lake Huron's Michigan shore so that mariners would always be within sight of at least one. With a light south of Forty Mile Point on the Presque Isle Peninsula and one one to the north at Cheboygan, and eighteen mile stretch of shoreline remained unlighted and dangerous. In 1890 the board recommended that a light be built at Forty Mile Point. The light was completed in 1896, and Xavier Rains served as the first keeper, The lighthouse was transferred to Presque Isle County in 1998, but the Coast Guard retained ownership of its Fresnel lens. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse / Graveyard of Ships Graveyard of Ships Named by seventeenth century French explores La Mer Douce the sweet or freshwater sea, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes. It has over 3,800 miles of shoreline and contains 30,000 islands, among them Manitoulin, the world's largest freshwater island. Violent storms on the "sweet sea" have made it dangerous for ships. As of 2006, 1,200 wrecks had been recorded. During the Big Blow of 1905, twenty-seven wooden vessels were lost. One of these, the steamer Joseph S. Fay, ran aground. A portion of its hull rests on the beach approximately 200 feet north of the Forty Mile Lighthouse. The Great Storm of 1913 was responsible for sinking many modern ships.7&6=thirteen (talk) 21:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)Stan

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• Interactive map of West Lake Huron, powered by Google.
• Lighthouse Central, Forty Mile Point light The Ultimate Guide to East Michigan Lighthouses by Jerry Roach (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - July 2006). ISBN 0-9747977-1-5; ISBN 978-0-9747977-1-7.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Lower Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Lighthouses in the Mackinac Straits.
• Michigan Lighthouse fund, Forty Mile Point.
• Michigan.gov website has Map of Michigan Lighthouses
• Michigan Historical Markers.
• National Park Service Maritime Heritage Project, 40 Mile Point Light.
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light - Forty Mile Point Light.
• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
• U.S. Lighthouses, Forty Mile Point Light.
• Wobser, David, Boatnerd.com Forty Mile Point Light. -- Otr500 (talk) 14:22, 13 March 2023 (UTC)