Fort Gratiot Light - Port Huron, MI
N 43° 00.378 W 082° 25.348
17T E 384067 N 4762496
The first built and oldest lighthouse in Michigan is Fort Gratiot Light in Port Huron, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM16KJH
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2022
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This lighthouse located at 2802 Omar St, Port Huron, MI 48060 was built in 1829 at the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron.
From
Fort Gratiot Light:
"Fort Gratiot Light, the first lighthouse in the state of Michigan, was constructed north of Fort Gratiot in 1829 by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S. Senators.
The Fort Gratiot Light marks the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron (going south) in the southern portion of Michigan's Thumb. The light is still active and the grounds are an active Coast Guard facility, but it has recently been handed over to the Port Huron Museum. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Michigan. There is also a public beach and park on the property, known as Lighthouse Beach."
From the state of Michigan historical marker at the lighthouse:
This lighthouse, oldest in Michigan, was built in 1829 to replace a tower destroyed by a storm. Lucius Lyon, the builder, was Deputy Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory and later a United States senator from Michigan. In the 1860s workers extended the tower to its present height of eighty-six feet. The light, automated in 1933, continues to guide shipping on Lake Huron into the narrow and swift-flowing St. Clair River.
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