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517:"Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula"
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The light is now classified as an active private aid to navigation.
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634:. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from
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347:(an artificial canal having been made to connect the two).
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Engineering and Industrial Sites in Michigan TR
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by Jerry Roach. (Publisher: Bugs
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455:Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Bete Grise Light.
626:Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Bete Grise Light.
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580:The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses
578:Lighthouse Central, Mendota (Bete Grise) light
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355:The original plans were laid in 1867 and the
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491:"Lighthouse depot, archive on Mendota light"
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601:Michigan lighthouse fund, Bete Grise Light.
525:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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644:Wobser, David, Bete Grise Light (Mendota)
606:Michigan organizations, Bete Grise Light.
266:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1670:Lighthouses in Keweenaw County, Michigan
1514:Grassy Island South Channel Range Lights
1509:Grassy Island North Channel Range Lights
694:List of lighthouses in the United States
1623:List of lifesaving stations in Michigan
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467:"National Register Information System"
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1519:Grosse Ile North Channel Range Lights
999:Round Island Light (St. Mary's River)
16:Lighthouse in Michigan, United States
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843:Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater Light
472:National Register of Historic Places
373:Lac La Belle Harbor Navigation Sign.
1147:Grand Haven South Pierhead Entrance
434:Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes
362:The tower was removed and taken to
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559:- A map to the Mendota Lighthouse.
418:Amateur Radio Light House Society.
42:Looking across the Mendota Channel
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563:Bete Grise Preserve home page
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1262:St. Joseph North Pier Inner
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1095:Western Lower Peninsula
684:Lighthouses in Michigan
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1242:Portage Lake
1237:Point Betsie
1071:Round Island
1035:Portage Lake
963:Squaw Island
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733:Eagle Harbor
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122:Construction
1584:Squaw Point
1574:Saginaw Bay
1564:New Buffalo
1559:Monroe Pier
1438:Tawas Point
1413:Saginaw Bay
1403:Port Austin
1282:White Shoal
1277:White River
1272:Waugoshance
1252:South Haven
1117:Cedar River
989:Pipe Island
923:Martin Reef
908:DeTour Reef
848:Rock Harbor
788:Isle Royale
743:Eagle River
728:Crisp Point
193:Deactivated
114:Constructed
96: /
71:Coordinates
1644:Categories
1628:Wixom Lake
1615:Lightship
1479:Belle Isle
1162:Grays Reef
1122:Charlevoix
1056:Bois Blanc
958:Seul Choix
953:Sand Point
858:Sand Hills
501:2008-05-28
406:References
397:Bete Grise
357:lighthouse
212:4th Order
84:87°58′00″W
81:47°22′27″N
56:Bete Grise
19:Lighthouse
1539:Mama Juda
1499:Gibraltar
1343:Gibraltar
1187:Ludington
1132:Frankfort
823:Ontonagon
778:Gull Rock
364:Marquette
178:First lit
1393:Poe Reef
708:Au Sable
609:Archived
337:Michigan
304:80004840
277:Location
154:Heritage
146:Markings
64:Michigan
60:Delaware
52:Location
1608:Related
1086:Wawatam
351:History
1489:Ecorse
1298:Alpena
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