Point Iroquois Light
Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between Whitefish Bay and the western end of the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes. Point Iroquois includes a larger geographic area than the light station site. It was named for the Iroquois warriors massacred there by the Ojibwe in 1662. Native Algonkians called the point "Nadouenigoning", composed of the words "Nadone" (Iroquois) and "Akron" (bone).
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Point Iroquois Light
Point Iroquois Light is a lighthouse on a Chippewa County bluff in the U.S. state of Michigan. Point Iroquois and its light mark the division line between Whitefish Bay and the western end of the St. Marys River, the connection between Lake Superior and other Great Lakes. Point Iroquois includes a larger geographic area than the light station site. It was named for the Iroquois warriors massacred there by the Ojibwe in 1662. Native Algonkians called the point "Nadouenigoning", composed of the words "Nadone" (Iroquois) and "Akron" (bone).
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Point Iroquois Light is a ligh ...... (Iroquois) and "Akron" (bone).
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Point Iroquois light
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Fourth-order Fresnel lens
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White tower, black parapet and lantern
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Bay Mills/Brimley Historical Research Society
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Frustum of a cone
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Point Iroquois Light is a ligh ...... (Iroquois) and "Akron" (bone).
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Point Iroquois Light
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