page_title: Grand Marais, Michigan
section_title: Arts and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Marais, Michigan / Arts and culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Former U.S. Coast Guard Life-saving Station at Grand Marais, Michigan now serving as a Ranger Station for the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
context_page_description: Grand Marais is an unincorporated community in Burt Township, Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on Lake Superior, and is the eastern gateway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore via H-58.
context_section_description: Grand Marais is a four-season tourist destination. Snowmobiling is popular in the winter, and swimming, hiking, boating, kayaking, agate collecting on the beach and fishing are among the summer activities.
  Points of interest and events include:
  The former United States Coast Guard Life-Saving Station, which now serves as a ranger station. The Coast Guard radio operator here had the last communication with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald before she sank during a storm in 1975, with all hands lost. The former keeper's quarters of the station were adapted to house the Grand Marais Maritime Museum.
  The Pickle Barrel House Museum (1926).
  The Au Sable Light, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Muskallonge Lake State Park.
  Sable Falls, west of Grand Marais.
  The Gitche Gumee Agate and History Museum.
  The Lake Superior Brewing Company operates a brewery and pub at Grand Marais.
  In mid June, the harbor at Grand Marais is the site of the annual sea plane fly-in, hosted by the Grand Marais Pilots Association on behalf of the National Seaplane Pilots Association.
  In mid July, the Great Lakes Sea Kayak Symposium is held at the harbor. This multi-day event attracts sea kayakers from around the country. It is billed as "the largest and oldest sea kayaking symposium on the Great Lakes."
  During the second weekend of August the town of Grand Marais hosts a music and arts festival, showcasing folk and rock music as well as local art.
caption: Former Grand Marais Life-Saving Station, now serving as a Ranger Station
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