Cheboygan Crib Light

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The Cheboygan Crib Light is a lighthouse that marked the entrance from Lake Huron into the Cheboygan River.

Originally built in 1884, it was mounted on a crib more than 2000 feet from shore. There were no facilities on the crib for a keeper to live, so it is assumed that the keeper lived in Cheybogan.

In 1903, the existing wooden structure was torn down to a depth of 12 inches into the water and a new concrete steel structure was erected. In 1920, the facility was automated using acetylene instead of kerosene and a solar system that turn the light on and off automatically.

The light no longer being effective as a navigation device (with the growth of better navigation equipment), it was abandoned. In 1984 it was moved onto the breakwater (latitude 45° 39.408' longitude -84° 27.900')[1] of the Cheboygan River. In 2001 it was deeded to the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association who are working to renovate it.^[1]

[edit] Further reading

• Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses.
• Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
• Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
• Penrod, John, Lighthouses of Michigan, (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 9780942618785 ISBN 9781893624238.
• Pepper, Terry. Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes.
• Wagner, John L.. Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
• Wagner, John L., Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective, (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) ISBN 1880311011 ISBN 9781880311011.
• Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.

[edit] External links

• Photographs, History, Waypoints and Directions from Lighthouse Centra.l
• The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association.
• Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Cheboygan Crib Light.
• Wobser, David, Cheboygan Crib Light, boatnerd.com.

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