Fort Gratiot Light
Fort Gratiot Light is a memorial in St. Clair, Michigan. Fort Gratiot Light is situated nearby to the military installation Coast Guard Station Port Huron, as well as near Response Boat Pier.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Gratiot Light and Lakeside Cemetery.
Fort Gratiot Light
Lighthouse
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Fort Gratiot Light, the first lighthouse in the state of Michigan, was constructed north of Fort Gratiot in 1825 by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S. Fort Gratiot Light is situated 380 feet northeast of Fort Gratiot Light.
Lakeside Cemetery
Cemetery
Lakeside Cemetery in Port Huron, Michigan was first established in 1877. The City of Port Huron purchased the original 148 acres from local Port Huron resident John Hoffman. Lakeside Cemetery is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Fort Gratiot Light.
McMorran Place
Sports venue
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McMorran Place is an entertainment complex in Port Huron, Michigan consisting of a 4,800-seat multi-purpose arena and a theater. It was designed by Alden B. McMorran Place is situated 2 miles south of Fort Gratiot Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Point Edward and Port Huron.
Point Edward
Village
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Point Edward is a village in the Canadian province of Ontario. Adjacent to the city of Sarnia in Lambton County, Point Edward sits opposite Port Huron, Michigan and is connected to it by the Blue Water Bridge, at the meeting point of the St. Clair River and Lake Huron.
Port Huron
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Port Huron is a city in and the county seat of St. Clair County, Michigan, United States. The population was 28,983 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the west by Port Huron Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
Sarnia
Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario with a population of around 98,000. It is at the south end of Lake Huron. It includes Point Edward, a village in the northwest corner of the city.
Fort Gratiot Light
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This lighthouse, oldest in Michigan, was built in 1829 to replace a tower destroyed by a storm.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: St. Clair, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.00571° or 43° 0′ 21″ northLongitude
-82.42361° or 82° 25′ 25″ westOpen location code
86MV2H4G+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 10181005777OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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