After lunch, we drove out to the Pine Grove Park, where the old Huron lightship is permanently moored. The Coast Guard and the old U.S. Lightsaving Service kept a number of floating lighthouses around the country, including in the Great Lakes. The Huron lightship was stationed six miles north of the mouth of the St. Clair River and three miles west of the US shore, and was decommissioned in the 1970's.
Before boarding the lightship, we watched a freighter head north into Lake Huron. Will she fit under the Bluewater Bridge?
Yup. Looks like she'll fit!
Charlotte found the Huron's bell.
This is what happens when I ask the Stringers to pose.
There's the light.
On deck.
We were instructed to go down the ship's very steep stairs backwards. Peter dutifully complied.
Down stairs, Charlotte VERY BRAVELY stood on a grate over the engine room.
The Huron was crewed by 8-9 men, but each crewmember had 1 week off a month, so there were typically only 7-6 men on board on any given time.
Here is an officer's stateroom.
Before we left, our intrepid DG gave the DG salute with the Huron's anchor.
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