Relight the South Manitou Light

After 50 years the beautiful beacon will shine again.

Jul 25, 2008 Elizabeth Edwards

For over a hundred years, boats navigating the treacherous Manitou Passage, which stretches between the Manitou Islands and the mainland, depended on the light beamed from the lantern room of the graceful South Manitou Island Lighthouse. Fifty years after the light was extinguished in 1958, the National Park Service is working with several local groups to make the light beam again by installing a replica Third Order Fresnel Lens--the same style once used at South Manitou--powered by a solar L.E.D. light. The beam will be visible from the Leelanau County coast and visitors to the South Manitou Island Lighthouse can view the lens. The total project cost is $93,000.

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