Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
The Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse ranks among the ten oldest lighthouses in Michigan. It is an active lighthouse maintained by the US Coast Guard remotely located in Lighthouse County Park on Lake Huron near Port Hope Michigan in Huron County. Pointe aux Barques means ‘Point of Little Boats’ a descriptor of the shallow shoals and reefs that lurk beneath these waves presenting a hazard to boats as they round Michigan’s Thumb.
