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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.







Au Sable Light Station
Maritime Sites


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

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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Raspberry Island Lighthouse at Apostle Island National Lakeshore
Lighthouses of Lake Superior
lights on the largest Great Lake
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The purple flower of spotted knapweed, a non-native invasive species, is shown with Pitcher's thistle, an endangered species.  

Did You Know?
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is home to three arctic disjuncts, plants whose normal range is far to the north. Arctic crowberry and thimbleberry thrive because of the cool and moist microclimates caused by Lake Superior.
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Last Updated: September 16, 2009 at 11:39 EST