Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses

by Dianna Higgs Stampfler

Overview

Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings.

Former keepers like Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal maintain their watch long after death. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other companions. Countless spirits remain between Whitefish Point and Point Iroquois in an area well known for its many tragic shipwrecks. Join author and Promote Michigan founder Dianna Stampfler as she recounts the tales from Michigan's ghostly beacons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467141994
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/04/2019
Series:	Haunted America
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dianna Stampfler has worked in Michigan's tourism industry for more than twenty years. In 2004, she launched Promote Michigan, a public relations consulting company specializing in the hospitality, tourism, agriculture, culinary, natural resources, recreation, history and culture industries around her home state. Dianna has penned countless articles for publications such as Pure Michigan Travel Ideas, Michigan Blue Magazine, Michigan Home & Lifestyle Magazine, Women's Lifestyle, AAA Living, West Michigan Carefree Travel, Lake Michigan Circle Tour & Lighthouse Guide and many others. Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses is her first (but hopefully not her last) book.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction 13

Lake Michigan

1 South Haven Keeper's Dwelling 19

2 White River Light Station, Whitehall 28

3 South Manitou Island Lighthouse 37

4 Waugoshance Shoal Lighthouse, Mackinaw City 48

5 Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, Gulliver 58

Lake Superior

6 Big Bay Point Lighthouse 69

7 Marquette Harbor Lighthouse 81

8 Whitefish Point Lighthouse, Paradise 87

9 Point Iroquois Lighthouse, Brimley 95

Lake Huron

10 Old Presque Isle Lighthouse 105

11 Saginaw River Rear Range Light, Bay City 113

12 Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse, Port Hope 121

13 Fort Gratiot lighthouse, Port Huron 128

Resources 135

About the Author 141