Historic Lighthouse Will be Lit This Summer on Lake St. Clair

Nonprofit Save Our South Channel Lights is raising money this summer to preserve a range light in Lake St. Clair that was built in the 1800s.

They started guiding vessels through their voyage into St. Clair River before Abraham Lincoln became president. And, this summer, one of those two historic lighthouses at the southeastern tip of Harsens Island will once again light up the nighttime sky for boaters. "These lights have been dark for over 100 years," said Save Our South Channel Lights director and New Baltimore restaurant owner Mark Miller of the rear range light. "So, we are going to re-light that light that night." Local fund-raisers set to preserve lighthouse on lake Nonprofit group Save Our South Channel Lights is raising money to complete restoration of the front range light created in the 1850s to guide fur traders and other sailors on wooden ships through the delta …

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