Peche Island Range Lights, Michigan

Thanks to Noah Greenia for these photos of the Peche Island Range Lights on Lake St. Clair near Detroit, Michigan.

Peche Island Front Light
Above: Peche Island Range Front Light
Right: Peche Island Range Rear Light
Photos copyright Noah Greenia; used by permission.
Peche Island Rear Light

The Peche Island Range guides vessels crossing Lake St. Clair as they approach the upper end of the Detroit River off Grosse Pointe, Michigan. The range was established in 1908. Originally the front range light was on a square steel tower and the rear light was on a round cast iron tower. It's not known when the front lighthouse was demolished. The rear lighthouse remained until it was relocated in 1983 to a park on the St. Clair River in Marine City.

The modern lighthouses are skeletal towers mounted on round concrete bases.

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Posted October 2005. Checked and revised December 24, 2023. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.