Places to Visit: Michigan’s Old and New Presque Isle Lighthouses
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By Jim Geyer | Source: WEYI NBC25
Before the days of global positioning systems or, even, ship to shore radio, lighthouses were there to guide mariners around the Great Lakes. And, while most of the more then 100 lighthouses in Michigan have been decommissioned, their history and legends, still live on.
Two of these facilities, the old and new Presque Isle Lighthouses, are about a mile apart in Northeast Lower Michigan, between Alpena and Rogers City.
The New Presque Isle Lighthouse, which isn’t that new, was built in 1870, is the tallest lighthouse tower accessible by the public on the Great Lakes. It’s a working lighthouse…
