By Keith L, August 10, 2006
Point Iroquois Lighthouse
► Michigan (Chippewa County), Brimley — Point Iroquois —  |
| This point of land is the historic battleground where the westward invasion by the Iroquois Indians was halted by the victorious Chippewa. Off the point colorful French-Canadian voyageurs paddled canoes heavily laden with furs. The 18th century . . . — — Map (db m4452) HM | |||
| ► Michigan (Chippewa County), DeTour Village — 2252 — DeTour Reef Light Station — |
| Side One: Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping. Anticipating increased traffic as a . . . — — Map (db m70781) HM | |||
| ► Michigan (Chippewa County), Paradise — 725 — Emerson — |
| Once a thriving hub of pine lumbering, Emerson is now a fishing hamlet. Just one mile south of the mouth of the Tahquamenon River (immortalized in Longfellows poem “Hiawatha”), this settlement overlooks picturesque Whitefish Bay. The . . . — — Map (db m44588) HM | |||
| ► Michigan (Chippewa County), Paradise — 272 — Whitefish Point Lighthouse — |
| This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and other . . . — — Map (db m40054) HM | |||
| ► Michigan (Chippewa County), Sault Ste Marie — War Memorial Hospital — |
| Erected by the citizenry of Chippewa County in appreciation of the services of their war heroes. Civil War 1861-1865; Spanish American War 1898-1902; World War 1917-1918 — — Map (db m92742) WM | |||
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