superior trails | lake superior sunset superiortrails - shovel point

Point Iroquois Lighthouse on Whitefish Bay, Michigan Upper Peninsula - South Shore Lake Superior Circle Tour

whitefish point lighthouse
Point Iroquois Lighthouse, Michigan Upper Peninsula

The Hiawatha National Forest maintains Point Iroquois Lighthouse as a historic structure. It is located a few miles north of Bay Mills on the lakeshore drive. The point is the site of a historic battle between the Iroquois and Chippewa Indians. As a strategic gateway to the St. Mary's River channel, the point served as a navigational aid to early voyageur-traders and later the commercial shipping industry. The lighthouse was constructed in 1870 and operated until 1963 when it was de-activated and replaced by an automatic light in the middle of the channel.

Visitors can climb the stairs to the top of the lighthouse tower and view the lake and channel through a telescope. There is also a small museum exhibit and a rendition of the captains quarters and a boardwalk nature trail around the point.

Point Iroquois Lighthouse
< < < The spiral staircase leading to the top of the lighthouse tower.

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

The light tower now contains a telescope and a great panoramic view. The reflection in the window is Jo using the telescope to look out over the bay. > > >


Point Iroquois Lighthouse


The tiny blip out on the lake is the automatic light that replaced the one in the light tower. A portion of the lakeside nature trail is also seen.

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

The boardwalk nature trail is a nice opportunity to stretch the legs and grab a sea breeze off the lake. It ends by the restrooms - good timing! > > >

 

Point Iroquois Lighthouse


A few rooms are set up as museum exhibits furnished as they were when the light keeper and his family lived there.

Point Iroquois Lighthouse

There are also two rooms of educational exhibits with artifacts, pictures, and narrations on the history of the Point Iroquois Light

.

Whitefish Point Observation Deck and Beach
Whitefish Point Lighthouse,
Shipwreck Museum,
& Beach Combing

red triangleSee Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Bird Observatory

red triangleSee Tahquamenon Falls & Fall Foliage

red triangleScenic Drive Sault Sainte Marie to Marquette Michigan

SuperiorTrails
Lodging

red triangleMichigan UP Copper Harbor & Keweenaw Peninsula

red triangleOntario East Shore Lake Superior Tour

triBrockaway Mountain and Eastern Keweenaw Keweenaw Scenic Drive page

triGoing east through Baraga towards Marquette

Marquette, Munising and Pictured Rocks National Park . . . More waterfalls and hiking pages from the Keweenaw Peninsula through Tahquemenon Falls to Sault Ste. Marie.

Upper Michigan Travel Directory . . . Our directory to scenic travel along the Lake Superior Circle Route in Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Ironwood to Sault Ste. Marie.



SuperiorTrails.com - Reinhold Development - 2023

 

SuperiorTrails.com Mobile-Friendly Lake Superior Circle Tour Travel Planner

gooseberry falls park
Winter - Michigan UP
Winter - Wisconsin Winter - Minnesota
Winter - Sault Ste Marie.

Little Girls Point Campground
Best Upper Peninsula Campgrounds

bay furnace campground upper peninsula
Lake Superior Camping
& Campground Directory

Best Camping along Lake Superior.

Upper Tahquamenon FallsTahquamenon Falls State Park and Waterfalls.

Whitefish Point Observation Deck and Beach
Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Shipwreck Museum, Beach Combing

miners castle on the pictured rocks cruise
Pictured Rocks Cruises

Upper Tahquamenon Falls
Michigan Upper Peninsula Waterfalls

red bar

Travel Information



lake superior road map of the circle tour
Lake Superior Circle Tour Road Map & Guide to Travel Attractions around Lake Superior.


keith aliUP200 Sled Dog Race & Festival

Identifying Lake Superior Agates and Beach Rocks.Lake Superior Agate?

rainbow falls fall color black river harborBlack River Harbor
Scenic Byway - Fall Color.



Best Rock Picking and Agate Hunting Beaches in the Upper Peninsula. grand marais beach and grand sable dunes


viewing platform upper tahquamenon falls
Tahquamenon Falls
State Park

Porcupine Mountains Lake of the CloudsPorcupine Mountains State Park was voted #2 Best State Park in the U.S.

WEATHER REPORT WEATHER REPORTS

Lake Superior Golf Course Reviews
See our Reviews of Michigan Upper Peninsula Golf Courses around Lake Superior.