Sugar Island
Sugar Island is a nature reserve in Alpena, Michigan. Access is restricted and requires permission.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thunder Bay Island and Thunder Bay Island Light.
Thunder Bay Island
Island
Thunder Bay Island is a 215-acre island in Lake Huron. The island is one of eight constituent islands of the Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Thunder Bay Island Light
Lighthouse
Thunder Bay Island Light, located on Thunder Bay Island's southeast tip, is one of the oldest operating lighthouses in Michigan. The third operating U.S. lighthouse in Lake Huron was built here in 1831, but it disintegrated almost at once and was rebuilt in 1832 of local limestone.
Sugar Island
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Alpena, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.04554° or 45° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
-83.22426° or 83° 13′ 27″ west
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Operator
Michigan Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Open location code
86QR2QWG+67
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
GeoNames ID
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