Talk:Big Bay Point Light

Focal Plane
This lighthouse sits on a 100 foot high bluff. The National Park Service Inventory has a listing that consists of the base of the tower to the middle of the lens. The more relevant number is the actual height above mean water level, which is what I have references. See the discussion at the Terry Pepper database for more detail. 7&amp;6=thirteen (talk) 12:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC) Stan

"Deactivated"
My reading of the links (including Volume 7 of the Coast Guard Light List and the NPS Inventory of Historic Lights) suggests that this lighthouse was deactivated, sold, the Fresnel lens was recovered and reinstalled, and that this light is still an active aid to navigation (albeit privately owned). I don't know how to this precisely fits into the infobox format. 7&amp;6=thirteen (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC) Stan

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Haunted
Spending the night in a haunted lighthouse may be more than you bargained for, but it’s what you get at the Big Bay Point Lighthouse B&B located northwest of Marquette. Set along the shores of Lake Superior, the first keeper at this 1896 light was H. William Prior. About five years into his service, he enlisted the official help of his son, George, as an assistant keeper. However, that arrangement was short-lived for both of them.

George had an accident, which eventually lead to his death. The grief-stricken father was last seen headed into the woods. It was a year later, in 1902, when a hunter found Prior’s skeleton hanging in a nearby tree. Innkeepers attribute the slamming of cupboard doors in the kitchen to an angry Prior, yet according to reports from paranormal teams who have visited the light, as many as five spirits are present. Poorpenmanship (talk) 00:43, 18 April 2022 (UTC)