Point Iroquois Light Station is located along the Lake Superior shore on the Whitefish Bay Scenic Byway west of Sault Ste Marie, MI.
Why the name "Point Iroquois?" In 1662 a group of Iroquois traveled about 400 miles by canoe and foot from their homeland in western New York to the shores of Lake Superior. The local Chippewa defeated them in a battle fought near what is now called Point Iroquois.
Step back in time to the 1950's. The assistant keeper's apartment has been restored to the way it looked in the early 1950.
A fog and rainy day at point Iroquois. The purpose of the light station was to guide freighters safely between the open waters of Whitefish Bay and the St. Mary's River. Even with the aid of the light and fog horn at Point Iroquois the passage was very dangerous.
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