Poverty Island

Poverty Island

Poverty Island is a small island in the U.S. state of Michigan. The island is within Delta County in Lake Michigan and is home to an abandoned lighthouse which is in disrepair. Poverty Island is currently owned by the federal government. [ [http://www.terrypepper.com/Lights/michigan/poverty/poverty.htm Seeing The Light - Poverty Island Lighthouse ] ] [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/poverty.htm Inventory of Historic Light Stations-Michigan-Poverty Island Light ] ]

Other islands in the chain are (from north to south)

*Little Summer Island
*Summer Island
* Poverty Island
*Gull Island
*St. Martin Island
*Rock Island
*Washington Island
*Pilot Island
*Detroit Island
*Plum Island

External links

* [http://clarke.cmich.edu/lighthouses/lhtime1.htm Beacons in the Night, Michigan Lighthouse Chronology, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.]

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