Point Betsie: Lightkeeping and Lifesaving on Northeastern Lake Michigan – By John Hawley

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Point Betsie: Lightkeeping and Lifesaving on Northeastern Lake Michigan

by John Hawley

It is called the most-photographed lighthouse in the country.  When you are there, you can’t help but understand why.  The Pointe Betsie Lighthouse site majestically among the sandy dunes just north of Frankfort and has been responsible for saving hundreds of lives over its past 150-year history.   A century and half have passed since the Light-House Board announced a new coastal Light on the Lake Michigan’s Point Betsie.  Despite the inevitable changes, that guiding light still shines.  This book presents the history of the this treasured light and its lifesaving efforts.

University of Michigan Press and Petoskey Publishing Company – 2008

250 Pages – Softcover book – Black and white photos