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Michigan volunteer lighthouse keeper1/22/2024 ![]() Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association is a non-profit that manages four lighthouses along Lake Michigan: Big Sable Point Lighthouse, Little Sable Point Lighthouse, Ludington North Breakwater Light and White River Light Station. “A lot of disrepair and disarray would happen if organizations like us wouldn’t take the ball and lease from the state,” Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association executive director Peter Manting said. Unfortunately, to get a lighthouse to that state requires a lot of labor and money that many other Great Lakes lighthouses never receive. The Marblehead Lighthouse Historical Society runs a museum and volunteers give guided tours of the light. Now, the lighthouse and grounds are maintained by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, while the Coast Guard operates the beacon. “Plans were made to tear down the Marblehead Lighthouse and replace it with a steel pole topped by a light,” the group said on their website. It’s the oldest continually operating lighthouse on the Great Lakes, thanks to the state of Ohio, which, according to the Marblehead Lighthouse Historical Society, took over the maintenance in the 1990s. ![]() The Marblehead Lighthouse sits on Lake Erie’s temperamental shore in Ohio, about 20 miles away from Sandusky. This summer, a Great Lakes watchtower will celebrate its 200th birthday as any centenarian should: with cake and ice cream. Collection 4 – Lesson Plans from Our Monthly PBS Program.Collection 3 – Virtual Field Trips in the Great Lakes.Collection 2 – Threats to the Great Lakes.Collection 1 – An Exploration of the Great Lakes.Beneath the Surface: The Line 5 Pipeline in the Great Lakes. ![]() Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice.The Catch: News about the Lakes You Love.Ask the Great Lakes Now Team Your PFAS Question. ![]() Ask Your Question About the Great Lakes. ![]()
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