Grays Reef is in northern Lake Michigan near the entrance to the Straits Of Mackinac. It was marked by a lightship until 1937 when this lighthouse was completed. It was manned by a crew of four men and one night in May of 1965 they were startled by a large thump when the freighter J.E. Upson had crashed into the lighthouse in dense fog. It did little damage to the lighthouse but the ships bow was split open and taking on water. Luckly the ship made it to Mackinaw City before sinking. In 1976 the crew was removed for the winter for the final time and the light was automated and has been sitting in Lake Michigan alone.
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