Point Iroquois Light
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Point Iroquois Light is a bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan above Whitefish Bay that marks entrance to the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes. The point was named after a historic battle where the westward invasion of Iroquois warriors was halted by the Ojibwa in 1662.
In 1855 a wood and rubble stone lighthouse was built and then torn down in 1870. The present Cape Cod style white brick lighthouse was built and ran continuously for 93 years, guiding ships in and out of the Soo Locks. The station was deactivated in 1963, replaced by the Canadian operated Gros Gap Reef, an automatic beacon in the channel.
The land and lighthouse are now part of the Hiawatha National Forest.
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