Eagle River Light
The Eagle River Light is a decommissioned lighthouse at the mouth of the Eagle River in the community of Eagle River on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.S. state of Michigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edward Bud Cole, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Michigan, United States
- Also known as: “Eagle River Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eagle River Historic District and Eagle River Timber Bridge.
Eagle River Historic District
Heritage site
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Eagle River Historic District is a historic district located in Eagle River, Michigan, roughly covering Front Street, 2nd Street, 3rd Street, 4th Street, 5th Street, and Main Street. Eagle River Historic District is situated 490 feet east of Eagle River Light.
Eagle River Timber Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Chris857, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eagle River Timber Bridge is a wooden arch bridge carrying highway M-26 over the Eagle River in Eagle River, Michigan. It opened in 1990 as a replacement for the historic Lake Shore Drive Bridge that runs parallel to it. Eagle River Timber Bridge is situated 600 feet southeast of Eagle River Light.
Eagle River Cemetery
Cemetery
The Eagle River Cemetery, also called the Evergreen Cemetery, is a cemetery located on highway M-26 about 0.5 miles south of Eagle River, Michigan. It was listed as a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986, and is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River Cemetery is situated 2,800 feet south of Eagle River Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eagle River and Phoenix.
Eagle River
Village
Photo: Prburley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eagle River is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Keweenaw County. Its population was 65 at the 2020 census, which makes it by far the least-populated county seat in the state of Michigan.
Phoenix
Hamlet
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoenix is an unincorporated community in Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States. Phoenix lies at the junction of M-26 and U.S. Highway 41, approximately two miles south of Eagle River, near the shores of Lake Superior. Phoenix is situated 2 miles southeast of Eagle River Light.
Eagle River Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Keweenaw, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.41359° or 47° 24′ 49″ northLongitude
-88.29862° or 88° 17′ 55″ westOpen location code
86VHCP72+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1009907749OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5325236
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In Other Languages
“Eagle River Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Eagle River”
- French: “Phare d’Eagle River”
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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 “Eagle River Light”. Photo: Edward Bud Cole, CC BY-SA 4.0.