Earlier in August 2013, Life Scout Patrick Wagoner, age 16, arrived with a crew of 10 to work on the footings, piers, and floor for a historically reconstructed barn at McGulpin Point Lighthouse.
The barn will replicate the original 16′
…Sarah Surface-Evans, Ph.D. will speak to the Mackinaw Area Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013, on the results of recent archaeological investigations of Heritage Village Park by Central Michigan University students.
Evans, the principal investigator in
…More than a dozen Boy Scouts from Troop 4 in Ann Arbor, under the leadership of Eagle Scout Michael Saunders, worked over the weekend of April 27-29 to complete several restoration and construction projects they began last summer at McGulpin
…Boy Scouts nearly complete wellhead reconstruction project
Boy Scouts from Troop 4 of Ann Arbor have been working with Emmet County’s Historical Commission to restore the structures originally on the grounds of McGulpin Point Lighthouse. Scout Tommy Oldani, age 15,
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Sarah Surface-Evans, at McGulpin Point in summer 2012 during an archaeological dig.
In August of 2012, a crew of students and staff from Central Michigan University set out on an archaeological dig at McGulpin Point Lighthouse & Historic Site in
…Event commemorating the 250th anniversary of the British arrival in Mackinac planned for noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 15, 2011 at McGulpin Point Lighthouse
In the Straits of Mackinac region 250 years ago, the French were the prevailing European power
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McGulpin Point is now listed on the official “Light List” that is maintained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The listing marks the first time the lighthouse has been included since it was decommissioned
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More than a dozen Boy Scouts are helping to beautify Emmet County-owned McGulpin Point Lighthouse, through trail improvements and by building a new gazebo at the Mackinaw City historic site.
Over recent
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