Iroquois Point Light

Brimley, Michigan, USA

Lake Superior

As he heads eastbound toward the Soo and enters the headwaters of the St. Marys River, the last light a captain passes is Point Iroquois. This lighthouse was built in 1871 at a cost of $18,000, to replace a wooden light dating to 1855. It was expanded in 1902, when a two-story assistant keeper's residence was added, and again in 1944. The tower is 65 feet high and 16 feet in diameter at the base.

The Point Iroquois Light was so critical in World War II that three lighthouse keepers were stationed here.
This light once had a Fourth Order Fresnel lens was sent to Washington, DC in 1969 for display in the Smithsonian Institution. During America's Bicentennial year, 1976, it went on display in the 1876 Exhibition in the Arts & Industries Building.

In 1965, ownership of the lighthouse was transferred to the United States Forest Service, which now operates it as a historic site and museum. In 1975, Iroquois Point was placed on the National Register of Historic Place. In 1983, the Mills-Brimley Historical Society began restoration. The site is located in the Hiawatha National Forest seven miles west of Brimley near the Bay Mills Reservation. The USFS collects an entry fee to enter the property.