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Crisp Point Light Station was one of five U.S. Life-Saving Service Stations along the coast of Lake Superior between Munising and Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Located about west of Whitefish Point, in 1876 it became Life Saving Station Number Ten, of the U.S. Life-Saving Service District 10 (later part of District 11). Crisp Point is named from one of the Life Saving Station keepers, Christopher Crisp, who is said to have been "an iron-willed boatman." Surfmen were stationed there to aid mariners and ships in distress. The station, along with the rest of the United States Life-Saving Service, was integrated into the United States Coast Guard in 1915. (In 1939 the U.S. Lighthouse Service also merged under the control of the Coast Guard). The other four Life-Saving Stations were Vermilion Point (now Vermilion, Michigan), about five miles (8 km) east of Crisp Point, Two Hearted River, west of Crisp Point, Deer Park, Michigan (formerly known as the Sucker River Station and Muskallonge Lake Station), about west of Two Hearted River, and Grand Marais about west of Deer Park.〔(Crisp Point Light Historical Society. )〕 ==History== Crisp Point Lighthouse was first proposed in 1896 and every year thereafter until finally approved in June, 1902. Construction began one year later. The of land was purchased at a price of $30.00. The deed was dated May 21, 1903. In the high tower a fourth order red Fresnel lens〔(Fresnel lens at Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light. )〕 by Sautter and Lemonnier of Paris, France was installed.〔(Colt, Edin, "Crisp Point Light" Boatnerd.com. )〕 The light was displayed for the first time in May 1904. The lighthouse tower is 58 feet from base to the lantern's ventilator ball top. This lighthouse and life saving station have undergone massive damage. All were destroyed by erosion, except for the tower and one wall of the entrance room. In the winter of 1997/98, the loss was stayed by the installation of one thousand cubic yards of stone in front of the tower. There are further plans for protection and stabilization as funds become available.〔(Michigan lighthouse fund, Crisp Point Light. )〕 The stretch of coast between Whitefish Point and Grand Island became known as "The Shipwreck Coast." On November 10, 1975, the SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'' sank during a violent storm. It sank in Lake Superior about northeast of Crisp Point. The ''Fitzgerald's'' last radio communication was with the Coast Guard station at Grand Marais. In fact, some tourists go to the five life saving stations in an organized manner for a day trip.〔(Lifesaving tour. )〕 Nearby, in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 the freighter ''Major'' (built in 1889) was stranded near the point; and the 1902 ''William Nottingham'' lost three men in the area, after they agreed to fetch assistance in a lifeboat, which overturned as they embarked. ''See,'' Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm and List of victims of the 1913 Great Lakes storm. This light was almost completely lost due to the elements and neglect.〔 Also demolished were the original white frame boathouse, barn, brick oil house and two outbuildings. In 1997-98, one thousand cubic yards of stone were placed in front of the tower to stabilize and protect it.〔(Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Crisp Point Light. )〕 Ownership of Crisp Point Light was transferred from the Coast Guard to Luce County in February, 1997 under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,〔(Crisp Point Lighthouse history )〕 which is the predecessor to the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crisp Point Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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