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Lighthouses and Lifesaving on the Great Lakes

Author: Linda Osborne Cynowa

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 146710826X

"Lighthouses and Lifesaving on the Great Lakes explores many of the lighthouses and pier, reef, and breakwater lights in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Many of these lights were photographed at the turn of the century for use as postcards. Whether it be Fort Niagara Lighthouse in New York or Split Rock Lighthouse in Minnesota, then as now, people have loved to visit the lights while on holiday and send the postcards home to loved ones. Many of these important navigational aids are still in existence and can be visited thanks to the historical societies and associations that maintain them."--Back cover.

Bright Lights, Dark Nights

Author: Larry Wright

Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13:

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BRIGHT LIGHTS, DARK NIGHTS is the much-anticipated sequel to Larry and Patricia Wright's enormously popular Bonfires & Beacons: Great Lakes Lighthouses. The lighthouses featured in this book evoke the beauty and rich history of lightkeeping on the Great Lakes, on both sides of the American--Canadian border.

Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes

Author: Dianna Higgs Stampfler

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-02-21

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1439674531

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The author of Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses shares tales of disaster and misfortune on the Great Lakes. Losing one's life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn't such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, suicide or other tragic causes--while rare--were not unheard of. Two keepers on Lake Superior's Grand Island disappeared one early summer day in 1908, their decomposed remains found weeks later. A newly hired and some say depressed keeper on Pilot Island in Wisconsin's Door County slit his own throat after a consultation with a local butcher about the location of the jugular vein. A smallpox outbreak in the late 1890s led to the tragic death of a lighthouse hired hand on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Join author Dianna Stampfler as she uncovers the facts (and debunks some fiction) behind some of the Great Lakes' darkest lighthouse tales.

The Northern Lights

Author: Charles K. Hyde

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780814325544

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Hyde documents maritime history from the early 18th century through the growth of commerce in the Great Lakes, and provides a general history of the US Lighthouse Service and it descendants. He describes some 160 light houses in the region, and details the lives of early lighthouse keepers dedicated to aiding travelers in distress. Includes color photos, and bandw historical photos and illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

B is for Beacon

Author: Helen L. Wilbur

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1634707893

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The Great Lakes, with the rivers, canals, and channels that connect them, form one of the busiest waterways in the world. Lighthouses were needed to secure the safety of ships over these freshwater seas. But over the hundreds of years since the first lighthouse was established on the Great Lakes in 1781, these structures have come to represent something beyond their initial navigational function. Often situated on remote and beautiful shorelines, lighthouses hold a special fascination for people, serving as symbols of courage, perseverance, safety, and comfort. B is for Beacon: A Great Lakes Lighthouse Alphabet uses poetry and expository text in this alphabetical exploration of the history of lighthouses on the Great Lakes, detailing famous structures, local lore, as well as notable moments in Great Lakes history.

Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia

Author: Larry Wright

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781554078936

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Featuring more than 650 lighthouses located throughout the five Great Lakes, a lavish encyclopedia uncovers the history behind these noble structures, which helped guide thousands of sailors and now mostly serve as monuments to an exciting period in history and points of pilgrimage for maritime enthusiasts.

Living at a Lighthouse

Author: LuAnne Gaykowski Kozma

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses

Author: Ray Jones

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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Sixteen lighthouses were built before the Revolution; hundreds more have been built since, creating the world's most complex system of navigational aid. No other national lighthouse system compares with that of the United States in size and diversity of architecture and engineering.

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes

Author: Daniel E. Dempster, Todd R. Berger

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781610604376

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The lighthouses of the Great Lakes, for so long guiding ships to safety across the rough waters, still stand as beacons to adventurous travelers. Rich with vintage and contemporary photographs, picturing the lighthouses inside and out, by day and by night, the book takes you into the fascinating history of the structures at Split Rock, Sandusky, Big Sable Point, Old Mackinac Point Light, and Marblehead Light, to name a few. Berger’s stories about keepers and their families, horrific storms, and even encounters with ghosts bring to vivid life the lost world of these historic lighthouses. A thoroughly engaging tour page by page, the book also makes travel to these destinations easy as well as edifying, with maps, directions, and a comprehensive appendix listing all the current lighthouses.

Lighthouse Adventures

Author: Wes Oleszewski

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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Short stories, long stories, technical descriptions, shipwrecks, acts of courage, fascinating drawings, details on how things worked, maps of where things are and were, photos, and generally something for everyone.