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.
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