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Big Sable Point - Michigan

Harbour Lights Limited Edition #228

On Michigan's western shore, near Ludington, a narrow promontory reaches into Lake Michigan. Early French explorers called this place 'Grande Point au Sable'. In 1865, the Lighthouse Board recommended a beacon be placed here, an important turning point for vessels. Three years later, a 112-foot tower, constructed of Milwaukee yellow brick, was erected near the edge of the sandy point.   A few years after construction, the entire tower was encased in steel plates because the brick was eroding badly from the lake climate. 

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Production History

Other Big Sable MI Lighthouses by Harbour Lights

LL195 Little Light

Photographs by Paul L. Brady © Harbour Lights 
March 13, 2004