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The Northern Lights
Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes

Charles K. Hyde
Color photographs by Ann and John Mahan		 Symbols of safety, reassurance, and guidance, lighthouses hold a special fascination for many people. On the Great Lakes, lighthouses—"northern lights"—helped to open the region to settlement and supported the growth of commercial trade. To this day, the continue to light the way for thousands of recreational boaters.
In this definitive guide to the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, Charles Hyde describes the histories of more than one hundred and sixty individual lighthouses that still exist in Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, and the straits of Mackinac.
Featuring more than two hundred color photographs, The Northern Lights captures the beauty, history, and significance of lighthouses on the Great Lakes, and illuminates the rich maritime history of the region.		 "If you're looking to thoroughly acquaint yourself with [historic lighthouses], go in the direction of this well-researched book, containing more than 200 color photographs, plus maps . . . You'll also get to look in on some real-life lighthouse keepers of long ago and their families."—Plymouth Observer
 
Great Lakes Books Series

$37.95l cloth / ISBN 0-8143-2554-8

208 pages / 8.5 x 11
64 b&w and 215 color illustrations, 3 maps

1995