It also sits on the cliff, so it is one of tallest lighthouses in the Great Lakes area. Commerce boomed on the Great Lakes in the early 20th Century, and lighthouses like this one were built as a ...

The light tower, standing 113 feet tall, was built in 1870 to replace the shorter Old Presque Isle Lighthouse about a mile ...

Lighthouses have been a part of the Great Lakes maritime history ever since the early settlers moved westward and into the Upper Great Lakes region of the United States Their light beams have ...

That’s why Zimmermann set out to host eXXpedition Great Lakes – a Seven Seas Sailing waterfront tour that took a number of scientists out to the South Buffalo Lighthouse to test the ...

Beaver Head Lighthouse is one of two on the island. It includes a tower and an attached keeper’s home at the south end of the island. Built in 1858, it’s one of the oldest on the Great Lakes.

the North Point Lighthouse was originally constructed in 1855 to help mariners navigate the Great Lakes. In the years that followed, the lighthouse structure was modified several times ...

Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where the sun first rises each day in this country.