National Register of Historic Places listings in Alger County, Michigan

Columns: Name on the Register | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description
1 | Au Sable Light Station | May 23 , 1978 ( # 78000374 ) | West of Grand Marais 46°40′22″N 86°08′21″W / 46.672778°N 86.139167°W / 46.672778 ; -86.139167 ( Au Sable Light Station ) | Grand Marais | The Au Sable Light Station was built in 1874 on Au Sable Point . The tower is a white brick conical tower with a black lantern ; a red brick lightkeeper 's house stands next door . Both were designed by Colonel Orlando Metcalfe Poe . The lighthouse was automated in 1958 | 2 | Bar Lake Site | June 27 , 2014 ( # 14000366 ) | Near Bar Lake 46°14′16″N 86°38′55″W / 46.237778°N 86.648611°W / 46.237778 ; -86.648611 ( Bar Lake Site ) | Munising Township | An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological Sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS | 3 | Bay Furnace | September 30 , 1971 ( # 71000382 ) | Northwest of Christmas off M-28 in Hiawatha National Forest 46°26′27″N 86°42′21″W / 46.440833°N 86.705833°W / 46.440833 ; -86.705833 ( Bay Furnace ) | Au Train Township | Bay Furnace was a blast furnace used for smelting iron . The furnace was constructed in 1869-70 , and by 1874 was producing 15 tons of pig iron daily . A surrounding town , Onota , sprang up , and was soon home to 500 people . A disastrous fire in 1879 destroyed both the furnace and town ; neither were rebuilt . The remains of the furnace were partially reconstructed later , and the site is now a campground | 4 | Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light | June 26 , 1990 ( # 90000906 ) | M-28 west of Powell Pt . 46°26′12″N 86°41′28″W / 46.436667°N 86.691111°W / 46.436667 ; -86.691111 ( Grand Island Harbor Rear Range Light ) | Munising Township | The Grand Island Range Lights were lit first in 1868 , but by 1914 were in poor repair . The new rear range light was a 64-foot ( 20 m ) tower , the upper half ( painted white ) of which was part of a tower originally located at the Vidal Shoals near Sault Ste . Marie . The front range light was replaced again in 1968 , but both lights were deactivated in 1969 | 5 | Grand Island North Light Station | September 12 , 1985 ( # 85002149 ) | Grand Island 46°33′32″N 86°40′49″W / 46.558889°N 86.680278°W / 46.558889 ; -86.680278 ( Grand Island North Light Station ) | Grand Island near Munising | Built in 1867 on a 175-foot tall cliff , the Grand Island North Light Station was the second lighthouse constructed at this site . The lighthouse was manned until 1941 , and finally decommissioned in 1961 . It is currently a privately owned summer home | 6 | Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights | May 2 , 2012 ( # 12000254 ) | West pier at entry to Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge 46°41′02″N 85°58′20″W / 46.683805°N 85.972145°W / 46.683805 ; -85.972145 ( Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights ) | Burt Township | The Army Corps of Engineers began upgrading the harbor at Grand Marais in 1881 , building a timber pile breakwater and two piers demarcating the entry into the harbor . Realizing that an added light would improve navigation , the Lighthouse Board requested funding for a light at the pierhead . This outer light was constructed in 1895 ; an inner light was added in 1898 . Both are prefabricated skeletal iron or steel structures painted white and bolted to the pier . These lights are part of the Light Stations of the United States Multiple Property Submission | 7 | Hartney Terrace Site | June 27 , 2014 ( # 14000367 ) | Near Hartney Lake 46°15′51″N 86°40′23″W / 46.264028°N 86.673111°W / 46.264028 ; -86.673111 ( Hartney Terrace Site ) | Munising Township | An archaeological site which is part of the Woodland Period Archaeological Sites of the Indian River and Fishdam River Basins MPS | 8 | King Road - Whitefish River Bridge | November 30 , 1999 ( # 99001463 ) | King Rd . over Whitefish River 46°15′49″N 87°05′34″W / 46.263611°N 87.092778°W / 46.263611 ; -87.092778 ( King Road - Whitefish River Bridge ) | Limestone Township | This bridge , completed in 1919 , was the last link in the Alger County trunk line road running from Trenary to Skandia . In 1919 , the Michigan State Highway Department engineers designed what was designated as Trunk Line Bridge Number 264 , based on a standard girder bridge design that the agency had developed in 1913-14

Example questions:
What was the name in the National Register of Historic Places of this aid to navigation before 1910 located in this unincorporated community in Burt Township ? | In a civil township on the list with population 2,983 what is the historic site also known as in the National Register of Historic Places ? | What is the other name in the National Register of Historic Places for the site whose town population was 47 in 2010 ? | How far is this village in the National Register of Historic Placesfrom Munising located in this township of 1,138 residents as of 2010 ? | What is the population of the city in the National Register of Historic Places that has an historic site at the junction of County Roads 1 and 44 ?

Answers:
Big Sable Light | Bay Furnace Rear Range Light | Old North Light | five miles | 438