It also sits on the cliff, so it is one of tallest lighthouses in the Great Lakes area. Commerce boomed on the Great Lakes in the early 20th Century, and lighthouses like this one were built as a ...

“Protecting and restoring these lighthouses is a wonderful reminder of the long and important history America has had with our Great Lakes ... in the country. A map of Michigan's lighthouses.

Located on its own small island east of the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Gull Rock is one of the most remote lighthouses on the Great Lakes, the release said. The lighthouse was among the ...