Coast Guard Rescues Broken Michigan Lighthouse
The Coast Guard had to fly out to repair an automated lighthouse in Lake Superior after a storm left it in peril.
The lighthouse, the Stannard Rock Lighthouse, is notorious in Great lakes lore, being once dubbed the loneliest place in North America .
But when big waves blew out a window to the 153 year old structure, the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, along with air support from chopper BM-1 Campomizzi, were called on to perform repair service to the broken window, to save the electronic lighthouse equipment inside.
Mariners dubbed it “one of the most treacherous reefs in the entire Great Lakes.” The old keepers told terrible tales of life on the Rock. Violent northwest storms sent 30-foot waves smashing into the tower and spray cascading over the lantern room 110 feet above the Lake. Louis Wilks from Marquette holds the record for consecutive time spent on the Rock – 99 days. No other keeper even approached this remarkable feat
Coast Guard flies out to fix remote Michigan lighthouse known as ‘the Loneliest Place in the World’
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
Icy conditions greeted U.S. Coast Guard crews during a Jan. 26, 2021 trip out to Stannard Rock Lighthouse.
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LAKE SUPERIOR, MI - After a harsh winter storm blew out a window in the very remote Stannard Rock Lighthouse in Lake Superior, a team from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder recently hitched a ride on a Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City to make the icy repair.
Teams had been worried the missing window could threaten the electronics inside - and even the working light - at the historic lighthouse that sits off the eastern shore of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula.
Loneliest Place On Earth Is Located In Michigan
The loneliest place on Earth happens to be located in Michigan, well just off the coast of Michigan.
Lake Superior is a very cold lake in the summer but in the winter it is deathly cold and happens to be the home of the Stannard Rock Lighthouse.
The Stannard Rock Lighthouse was originally built in 1883. There is a massive underwater reef where the lighthouse is located on top of that would be very dangerous for boats to pass if it were not for the lighthouse. Its basically built on an underwater mountain.
Coast Guard Rescues Broken Michigan Lighthouse
The Coast Guard had to fly out to repair an automated lighthouse in Lake Superior after a storm left it in peril.
The lighthouse, the Stannard Rock Lighthouse, is notorious in Great lakes lore, being once dubbed the loneliest place in North America .
But when big waves blew out a window to the 153 year old structure, the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, along with air support from chopper BM-1 Campomizzi, were called on to perform repair service to the broken window, to save the electronic lighthouse equipment inside.
Mariners dubbed it “one of the most treacherous reefs in the entire Great Lakes.” The old keepers told terrible tales of life on the Rock. Violent northwest storms sent 30-foot waves smashing into the tower and spray cascading over the lantern room 110 feet above the Lake. Louis Wilks from Marquette holds the record for consecutive time spent on the Rock – 99 days. No other keeper even approached this remarkable feat