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The definitive reference book on the subject.... meticulously researched and beautifully photographed. (Andrea Curtis Cottage Life 200706)
A priceless resource.... a fine book that will provide hours of pleasurable skimming for anyone who love lighthouses. (Terry Mapes News Journal, Mansield OH 20070225)
Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated.... An invaluable guide. (S. Neilly The Wayback Times 200706)
The most comprehensive illustrated collection of these sentinels ever compiled. (Rob Mooy Kingston This Week 20070815)
Comprehensive ... features information about more than 650 lighthouses ... on the Canadian and U.S. sides of [the] Great Lakes. (Globe and Mail 20061209)
Very useful for transportation, architecture, local, and comprehensive collections. Highly recommended. (M. Nilsen, Indiana University South Bend Choice 200710)
If you own only one lighthouse book, this is the one to buy. (Great Laker )
A priceless resource.... a fine book that will provide hours of pleasurable skimming for anyone who love lighthouses. (Terry Mapes News Journal, Mansield OH 20070225)
Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated.... An invaluable guide. (S. Neilly The Wayback Times 200706)
The most comprehensive illustrated collection of these sentinels ever compiled. (Rob Mooy Kingston This Week 20070815)
Comprehensive ... features information about more than 650 lighthouses ... on the Canadian and U.S. sides of [the] Great Lakes. (Globe and Mail 20061209)
Very useful for transportation, architecture, local, and comprehensive collections. Highly recommended. (M. Nilsen, Indiana University South Bend Choice 200710)
If you own only one lighthouse book, this is the one to buy. (Great Laker )
Product Description
The lighthouses of the five Great Lakes -- a comprehensive collection with full-color photographs.
This comprehensive, full-color encyclopedia features more than 650 lighthouses located on all five of the Great Lakes. These lakes may appear easy to navigate, but swift currents, hidden reefs and shoals, shifting sandbars, uncharted passages and fierce, fast-moving storms made early navigation a mariner's nightmare. Thousands of sailors' lives were lost before the network of lighthouses was established, and tales of tragedy and triumph abound.
All manner of stone, brick and wooden lighthouses were erected to light the night and guide the captains of schooners, steamers, brigs, barks and sloops. Too many of these noble structures have now fallen into disrepair or have been torn down in the name of progress, but hundreds survive as monuments to an exciting period in history and points of pilgrimage for millions of maritime enthusiasts.
Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia includes lighthouses in both the United States and Canada. For each there is a description of its history and construction material. For many that are either open to the public or accessible through state or provincial parks, points of access are given.
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