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Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights

Lighthouse · Alger County, Michigan

Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights
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Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights is a lighthouse in Alger County, Michigan, described in its record as range lights in Michigan, United States. Michigan has 124 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 9 of them in Alger County.

It guards Lake Superior; the structure is built of concrete.

Status check, 2026-11: Two working skeletal range lights (outer 34 ft, inner 55 ft) stand on the west pier. Sources disagree on when the current towers were built: the inner light was first shown in 1898, but one source says both current towers went up in 1908. Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 46.6837° N, 85.9719° W.

Key facts

Body of waterLake Superior
Materialconcrete
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places listed place
National RegisterListed
Coordinates46.68374, -85.97194

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Questions

Where is Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights?

Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights is in Alger County, Michigan, at 46.6837, -85.9719.

How many lighthouses are in Alger County?

Alger County, Michigan has 9 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.