Whitefish Point Light

Local nameWhitefish Point Lighthouse
LocationMichigan

The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior, it sits at the edge of Whitefish Point leading to Whitefish Bay. Constructed in 1849, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula. All vessels entering or exiting Lake Superior pass near Whitefish Point. The area is infamously known as the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes" due to the high number of shipwrecks in the area, most famously the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.The lighthouse is part of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum complex, which contains numerous relics from shipwrecks of the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve, including the bell of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The lighthouse itself was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and again as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitefish_Point_Light

Official Website http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=567

Address 18335 N Whitefish Point Rd, 49768, United States

Coordinates 46°46'16.161" N -84°57'26.727" E

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