Neat books about lighthouses and lighthouse keepers.

• The following books have historical information and stunning photographs of lighthouses on the Great Lakes:

  • Hyde, Charles K. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Color photographs by Ann and John Mahan. Lansing, MI: TwoPeninsula Press, 1986.

  • Roberts, Bruce and Ray Jones. Great Lakes Lighthouses. Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 1994.

• For more information on women lighthouse keepers see:

  • Clifford, Marry Louise and J. Candace Clifford. Women Who Kept The Lights. An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Williamsburg, VA: Cypress Communications, 1993.

• The shore of Lake Superior near Munising is known as "The Graveyard" because of the large number of ships that have wrecked on its rocky coastline. For more information see:

  • Stonehouse, Fredrick. Munising Shipwrecks. Au Train, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1983.

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Neat Lighthouse Links

• Lighthouses--A Photographic Journey -beautiful photos. (http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/light/)

• National Maritime Initiative -tells you what to do to help preserve lighthouses.(http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/)

• Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse -a cool tour of a lighthouse in Florida. (http://www.ponceinlet.org/)

• Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum -This museum on Lake Superior has lots of information about lighthouses. I did much of my research here. The site has photos from the museum, an online store, and links to other good sites. (http://www.shipwreckmuseum.org/)

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