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TRAVEL: Lighthouse tours in Michigan By Linda Waggener If you travel due north from Columbia, through Louisville, across the Ohio River, on past Indianapolis and up through South Bend, you'll get to the Michigan state line. I recommend you go ahead across it, veering slightly to your left as you continue north, and give yourself the opportunity to discover the unique coastline of Lake Michigan on the state's western shore. Youll see lighthouses backed by beautiful blue sky and water, white caps, sand dunes, rolling-to-flat farm land, German barns, fern floors in green forrests, and if you are there in late spring as my husband Ed and I were, plenty of blueberries and asparagus, as you travel from county to county. The lighthouse pictured with this story is located at Silver Lakes, Michigan in Oceana County. Click here for Lighthouse tour information Lighthouses and light stations along Lake Michigan's shorelines make for unique and historic attractions. According to the Oceana County guide, by the close of the civil war, Michigan's lumbering era was in full swing and shipping over the Great Lakes was the primary means of transporting the lumber. Lighthouses played a central role in Great Lakes commerce by serving as essential guides through the dangerous and stormy "Inland Seas". There are four lighthouses within an hour of Silver Lake where we found our favorite one, the majestic Little Sable Point Light Station. The 107-foot red brick tower is located a couple of miles west of Silver Lake. The sandy beach surrounding the light station is open for public use as a family playground or, at night, to watch the tower send its warm, yellow light miles out into the water. It was constructed in 1874 out of layers of brick with walls from five-feet thick at the bottom tapering to two feet thick at the top. The Little Sable Point Light Station is one of the oldest remaining brick towers on the Great Lakes. Click here for Michigan Map As always, if you'd like to travel more in Columbia and Adair County you may want to visit the Columbia Magazine: Traveler's Guide Information This story was posted on 2004-07-10 22:08:54
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