St. Martin Island

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location = Lake Michigan
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country admin divisions 1 = Delta County
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St. Martin Island is located off the Garden Peninsula in Delta County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the southernmost island in Michigan that is part of a line a islands at the mouth of the bay of Green Bay and is part of the Niagara Escarpment [ [http://www.terrypepper.com/Lights/michigan/st-martin/index.htm St. Martin Island Lighthouse] , Seeing the Light] [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/stmartin.htm Michigan Lighthouses] , Inventory of Historic Light Stations, National Park Service] .

The island is located at coord|45|29|52|N|86|46|13|W| [gnis|1623082|Saint Martin Island (Delta County)] . Gravelly Island, Gull Island, and Little Gull Island are approximately two miles to the north and east across the St. Martin Island Passage. Rock Island in Wisconsin is approximately six miles south-southwest, across the Rock Island Passage

Robert W. Warner of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin was the first pilot to land on St. Martin Island back in the early 1950s. To this day, no one else has ventured out to the island by air.Fact|date=August 2008

The light tower, constructed in 1905, is the only example of a pure exoskeletal tower on the Great Lakes. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984 [ [http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/4261.htm Saint Martin Island Light Station] , Michigan Historic Sites Online] .

Note: "St. Martin Island" may also refer to islands in Mackinac County, Michigan. There is the St. Martin Island at coord|45|57|42|N|84|34|19|W| [gnis|1621487|Saint Martin Island (Mackinac County)] , which along with Little Saint Martin Island at coord|45|56|47|N|84|33|53|W| [gnis|1620582|Little Saint Martin Island (Mackinac County)] and Big Saint Martin Island at coord|45|58|06|N|84|37|41|W| [gnis|1619200|Big Saint Martin Island (Mackinac County)] form the St. Martin Islands group in the St. Martin Bay.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPECIAL01/80519001 Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses.]
* [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/Maps/mapIt.htm?file=GL/MichiganNorth.xml Interactive map of Lights in Northern Lake Michigan, mapped by Google.]
* [http://www.lighthousecentral.com/lighthouse_gallery.php4?lighthouse=St.%20Martin%20Island%20Lighthouse Lighthouse Central, pictures of St. Martin Island Light "The Ultimate Guide to West Michigan Lighthouses" by Jerry Roach] .]
* [http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_explorer.asp?action=display_details&LighthouseID=657 Lighthouse Depot, St. Martin Island Light.]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/miup.htm Lighthouse Digest, Upper Peninsula Lighthouses, St. Martin Island Light, University of North Carolina.]
* [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=833 Lighthouse Friends, St. Martin Island Light.]
* [http://www.michiganlights.com/stmartinislandlh.htm Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, St. Martin Island Light.]
* [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_lightmap_50933_7.pdf Map of Michigan Lighthouse] in PDF Format.
* [http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/michigan/st-martin/index.htm Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, St. Martin Island Light.]
* National Park Service, [http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/stmartin.htm Maritime Heritage Inventory of Historic Lights, St. Martin Island Light.]
* [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/Maps/GL/MichiganWest.htm Map of lighthouses in western Lake Michigan.]
* U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMI.asp 's complete list of Michigan lights with photographs and descriptions, including St. Martin Island light.]
* [http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pubs/LightLists/V7COMPLETE.PDF Volume 7, US Coast Guard Lightlist (PDF).]
* [http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Michigan/StMartinIsland.htm Wobser, David, St. Martin Island Light, boatnerd.com.]

Further reading

* [http://www.michiganlighthouse.org/bibliography.html Bibliography on Michigan lighthouses.]
* Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, "The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses" (2002) ISBN 1592231020; ISBN 978-1592231027.
* Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. "The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes." Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0814325548 ISBN 9780814325544.
* Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, "American Lighthouses" (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) ISBN 0762703245; ISBN 978-0762703241.
* Jones, Ray,"The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference" (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) ISBN 0762727357; ISBN 978-0762727353.
* Noble, Dennis, "Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy" (Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997). ISBN 1557506388; ISBN 9781557506382.
* Oleszewski, Wes, "Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses", (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
* Penrod, John, "Lighthouses of Michigan", (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) ISBN 9780942618785 ISBN 9781893624238.
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* Putnam, George R., "Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States", (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
* United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation", (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
* [http://www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/h_lhbib.asp United States Coast Guard, "Aids to Navigation Historical Bibliography".]
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* Wagner, John L., "Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective", (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) ISBN 1880311011 ISBN 9781880311011.
* Wargin, Ed, "Legends of Light: A Michigan Lighthouse Portfolio" (Ann Arbor Media Group, 2006). ISBN 9781587262517.
* Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, "Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia" Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993