Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune

Losing one’s life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn’t such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, suicide or other tragic causes—while rare—were not unheard of. Two keepers on Lake Superior’s Grand Island disappeared one early summer day in 1908, their decomposed remains found weeks later. A newly hired and some say depressed keeper on Pilot Island in Wisconsin’s Door ...