Cheboygan Crib Light
Cheboygan, MI
Built : 1884, 1910, 1984
Construction : Octagonal, Cast Iron
Status : In-active
Location : Cheboygan, MI - Gorden Turner Park
Height : 40 feet
Access : Car, parking near the light.
Directions: From US-23 in downtown Cheboygan, turn North on Huron Street and follow to the Gordon Turner Park. Follow the boardwalk along the beach to the lighthouse and pier.
Cheboygan Harbor: By the late 1870's, Cheboygan had extensive business established in timber, lumber, lath, shingles, cedar telegraph poles, fence posts, cord wood and farm products. In 1878, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had dredged the mouth of the Cheboygan River allowing the larger class of propeller vessels to use the harbor. Cheboygan's water-born commerce reached it's peak in 1889 with 748 vessels using the harbor. By 1916, commerce had dropped to only 77,455 tons of cargo. Today the harbor is used extensively by pleasure boats and is the home port of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinac.
Left: In the distance you can see the modern, cylindrical steel light tower at the end of breakwater. Fitted with an automated aircraft type beacon, a flashing red signal on 4 second intervals is produced with a lens focal plane of 25 feet.
The original location of the Cheboygan Crib Light was 2,300 feet beyond the end of the breakwater on the West edge of the channel.