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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Looking east from the Log Slide, the Grand Sable Banks tower some 300 feet above Lake Superior.
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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
Au Sable Light Station podcasts


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 
 
Grand Marais U.S. Coast Guard Station

Historic Photos - Buildings (7 Photos)

Historic photos of built structures within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Miners Castle View without Platform

Historic Photos - Places (5 Photos)

Historic photos of places within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

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Last Updated: June 07, 2011 at 09:01 MST