• Lake Superior in a stormy mood. Photo copyright Craig Blacklock

    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

History & Culture

This black and white photo depicts the Munising Coast Guard station in 1968.

Munising U.S. Coast Guard Station, 1968

NPS photo

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
 

Did You Know?

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the Hiawatha National Forest share a visitor center at 400 E. Munising Ave. in Munising, Michigan.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore shares a visitor center with the Hiawatha National Forest. The interagency visitor center was dedicated in 1988, and serves over 40,000 people annually. Other federal interagency visitor centers are located in Alaska, Utah, California, and Idaho. More...