#fort gratiot lighthouse

[meetthemidwest]

Rating the Great Lakes based on the vibes I get from them

Lake Michigan: Haunted. Absolutely and totally haunted. Michigan Triangle? Being able to see all the shipwrecks in the spring from the surface? Stonehenge?? WWII aircraft??? A fucking crucifix????? 11/10, I would absolutely die if I stepped foot in that lake.

Lake Huron: I don't know, this feels like the most vanilla of the Great Lakes. I know for a fact there are some wild storms and everything, but when you look for the really weird stuff the internet just gives you a general Great Lakes list. Still a fun place to go both for the history and the geology, and there are some cool lighthouses to visit (like Fort Gratiot in Port Huron, I hijacked a vacation to go there). 7/10, it feels weirdly safe to me.

Lake Erie: It touches Ohio and was so polluted at one point it caught on fire. Also due to erosion, Niagara Falls is apparently going to back up into Lake Erie and drain it some day. I pretend I do not see it, 3/10.

Lake Superior: HOOOO MAMA, LAKE SUPERIOR. That is a freshwater sea, my man! I mean, this baby got its start with volcanic activity so the rock basin is different than the other lakes, and that makes it instantly cool (built different, what a queen). If I were to go down in a tragic shipwreck in any of the Great Lakes, I would want it to be this one. I offer myself willingly, she can have me. 20/10

Lake Ontario: I don't even know??? It's so far away from everything, it's almost like it doesn't exist. A lake of mystery that I will likely never see with my own eyes. It's apparently built like Lake Superior though so I'd probably like to sink to the bottom and just sit there for a hot second. ???/10.

[photoguybob]

The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse 12-18-20

I created a video about the Fort Gratiot lighthouse in Fort Gratiot Michigan. Fort Gratiot Light, the first lighthouse in the state of Michigan, was constructed north of Fort Gratiot in 1829 by Lucius Lyon, who later became one of Michigan's first U.S. Senators. The Fort Gratiot Light marks the entrance to the St. Clair River from Lake Huron in the southern portion of Michigan's Thumb.

[adventuresarestoredintheexif]

Sunset behind the lighthouse

Nikon d3500

I love lighthouses. They’ve fascinated me since I was little. This is Fort Gratiot on Lake Huron. I waded out into the lake to get some water in the shot. Didn’t realize the lighthouse was still operational until the green light started flashing at dusk, so that was really cool.

[clangoring]

I’m telling ya. The lighthouse has ghosts!

[jaygie]

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Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

[phoenixwritings]

Fort Gratiot Light #lighthouses #porthuron #wanderer

[relishthisjourney]

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[monkeybusiness23-dc]

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Michigan, and incoming freighter. (Taken in 2015)

[pharology101]

LOTD: Ft. Gratiot Range Rear

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/misel.htm)

Fort Gratiot Range Rear (2)

Date unknown (late 1990s?). Active; focal plane 52 ft (16 m); continuous white light shown at the top of the tower and also by a 12 ft (3.7 m) long vertical bar light; there is also a continuous green passing light intensified for ships approaching from the south. The tower also carries as a daymark two red vertical stripes on either side of the white bar. 58 ft (19 m) hexagonal brick tower. Bash has a photo and Google has a street view and a satellite view. This lighthouse was built by developers of the riverfront Edison Shores Condominiums in an architectural style matching that of the condos. Located on the west side of Thomas Edison Parkway at Edison Shores, less than 1/4 mile (about 300 m) north of the lightship Huron. Site open, tower closed. CCG 766.5; USCG 7-10000.

(full photo found here; ©Charles W. Bash)

[randomtimes-com]

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse: Michigan’s oldest lighthouse

Still today, a Coast Guard station and the lighthouse watch over one of the busiest waterways in the world. Weather permitting, the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is one of the few operating lighthouses that allow visitors to climb the tower and step out onto the catwalk for a breathtaking view. -Nathan🌴........#randomtimes_com 👇🏼

Fort Gratiot was built in 1814 during the War of 1812 to guard the juncture of the St. Clair River and Lake Huron. Named after the engineer who supervised construction, Charles Gratiot, Fort Gratiot would be occupied on and off until 1879. However, with a surge of vessel traffic on Lake Huron in the early 1800s, the need for a Light Station to guide vessels through the water way became very…

[tshawphotography]

#FortGratiot #Lighthouse . . . . #drone #dronephotography #dronestagram #djispark #dji #PureMichigan #PortHuron #bluewater #TShaw #pohopics #mittenstate #michiganoutdoors #thumb #bluewaterbridge #OutdoorLife #lakelife #spark #aerial #400ft #HuronLightship #StClairRiver #LakeHuron #drones #dronelife #highaltitude #tshawphotography @pohomichigan (at Fort Gratiot Light) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqKYXlyHZsF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ly8qnu2klzc3

[lightphotosnet]

US part of Great Lakes / Michigan / Port Huron / Fort Gratiot lighthouse

Author of the photo: Selector Jonathon Photography http://dlvr.it/QlKt3d

[sewards-woodworks-photograp-blog]

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[bwpfotography]

Fort Gratiot Light Port Huron MI #michigans_iris #porthuron #porthuronmichigan #bluewaterbridge #bluewaterbridges #bluewater_bridge #port_huron #lighthouses #lighthouse #lighthouse_world #raw_lighthouses #lighthouse_captures #lighthousepoint #lighthouse_lovers #lighthouse #lighthouse_captures #japanlighthouseclub #lighthouses_around_the_world (at Fort Gratiot Light) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXIPtsD7v_/?igshid=18e6mnb1pnr4i

[dailylighthouse]

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse

Port Huron, Michigan, United States

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Constructed: 1825

Automated: 1933

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[inanoffwhiteroom]

I didn’t realize I like climbing lighthouses so much! This was my fourth so far, and it was just one of many, many fun things I did in Port Huron this weekend for an Awesome Mitten project