Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: forty mile point

The kitchen in the lighthouse at Forty Mile Point, north of Rogers City, Michigan. For now, at least, the last picture in this set.

The station at Lake Huron's Forty Mile Point included several buildings--the light tower, a duplex keepers' dwelling (attached to the tower), a barn (originally a bunk house for the construction crew; now in use as a gift shop), a privy (yup: brick), and an oil storage shed. There's also a fog horn building on the property, though it does not show in this photo. The park at the site also has the pilot house from the steamer Calcite, in honor of the local mariners, and of the large calcite quarry which alongside Rogers City.

From the beach, in front of the light. They tell me there's a shipwreck down the beach a bit, but we didn't go looking for it, largely because the flies were pretty aggressive. This lighthouse looks more like a schoolhouse than most. That house is a duplex; half is in use, I gather, while the other half is the main part of the museum. Forty Mile Point on Lake Huron, just north of Rogers City.

This stair's inside the house; I showed you the tower staircase a few weeks back. When it was in use, this was a fine middle-class home. Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, on Lake Huron near Rogers City, Michigan.

The lighthouse keeper at Forty Mile Point had a little office in the tower, just below the light, where he did the apparently-voluminous paperwork required by his bosses. Only a workable solution in such a wide tower, I'd think. Near Rogers City, Michigan.

Forty Mile Point was already a county park when we first visited this light a few years ago, and they were beginning to do the museum thing. But our memory of the trip is the miserable weather: Heavy rain, heavy fog. Much better this time. On Lake Huron, near Rogers City, Michigan.

Forty Mile Point Lighthouse , near Rogers City, Michigan. The focal point of a fairly new county park, and of a surprisingly good maritime museum. The lady at the top of the steps--I suppose you'd call her a docent--had a fine spiel, answers to simple questions, and an engaging personality. She was waiting for the sailboats to appear....

The steps in the lighthouse tower. This light has a wide tower, and the stair is relatively tame. Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan.

Another view of the tower stairway at Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan.

The light tower at Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, near Rogers City, Michigan. This is an exterior view to go with the interior shots I've been sharing for the past few days.