Michigan
Alpena
Alpena Township

Thunder Bay Island Light

Thunder Bay Island Light, located on '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.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: historic lighthouse in Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thunder Bay Island.

Island
is a 215-acre in . The island is one of eight constituent islands of the .

Thunder Bay Island Light

Latitude
45.03726° or 45° 2′ 14″ north
Longitude
-83.19433° or 83° 11′ 40″ west
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Open location code
86QR2RP4+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 530130456
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
5012217
Wiki­data ID
Q7798929
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Thunder Bay Island Light” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thunder Bay Island Light”. Photo: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, CC BY-SA 2.0.