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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreLake Superior's Au Sable Light Station, built in 1874 by the U.S. Lighthouse Service, is located within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
History & Culture
 
This black and white photo depicts the Munising Coast Guard station in 1968.

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Munising U.S. Coast Guard Station, 1968

Please use these links to pdf files and other webpages to learn more about the history surrounding Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.





Maritime Sites
Au Sable Light Station


Administrative History of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (191 page pdf)
Great Lakes Shoreline Recreation Area Survey 


A Brief Lakeshore History - site bulletin (pdf)
A History of Service: Origins of the U.S. Coast Guard - site bulletin (pdf)
Grand Marais - U.S. Coast Guard (pdf)
Logging History - site bulletin (pdf)
Munising Range Lights - site bulletin (pdf)
Munising U.S. Coast Guard Station - site bulletin (pdf)
Schoolcraft Blast Furnace - site bulletin (pdf)
Shipwrecks - site bulletin (pdf)

 
National Park Service websites

Au Sable Light Station, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: The Life of the Keepers as Reflected in their Official Journals (pdf)

History and Culture
Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Michigan Lighthouses
Maritime Heritage Program 
The Gateway Arch frames the Old Courthouse at Jefferson National Expension Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri.
National Register of Historic Places
significant in U.S. history
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President Truman celebrates his birthday with a cake and candles.
National Park Service History & Culture website
History is everywhere!
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Logo of the Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy
All about Michigan lighthouses
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Every picture tells a story, every person has a story
Tell us your story about Pictured Rocks
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Spray Falls drops 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs into Lake Superior.  

Did You Know?
There are seven named waterfalls within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, plus several unnamed falls. From west to east, they are Munising, Bridalveil, Miners, Mosquito, Chapel, Spray, and Sable Falls. The sandstone outcrops of the Pictured Rocks escarpment create the many waterfalls in the area.
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Last Updated: February 12, 2010 at 13:49 EST