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Summary: A MUST for Great Lake Lighthouse Buffs
Review: This book is almost a bible to me while traveling the Great Lakes Region. It features over 300 lighthouses of both the American and Canadian side of the lakes. The lighthouses are indexed by lake, making a trip to an area, easy to plan and execute. Each lighthouse has a photo (if available), brief description and most importantly to me, access availability and directons.With the access availability to each lighthouse, (boat, car, private or public), weekend trips are planned to visit each lighthouse in the area. A checkoff box is also printed, to mark off each lighthouse you have visited. This is a very useful guide to these historic sites, both operational and non-operational, and a valuable reference book.
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Summary: A MUST for Great Lake Lighthouse Buffs
Review: This book is almost a bible to me while traveling the Great Lakes Region. It features over 300 lighthouses of both the American and Canadian side of the lakes. The lighthouses are indexed by lake, making a trip to an area, easy to plan and execute. Each lighthouse has a photo (if available), brief description and most importantly to me, access availability and directons. With the access availability to each lighthouse, (boat, car, private or public), weekend trips are planned to visit each lighthouse in the area. A checkoff box is also printed, to mark off each lighthouse you have visited. This is a very useful guide to these historic sites, both operational and non-operational, and a valuable reference book.
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Summary: Rare views of very nearly ALL lighthouses on the Great Lakes
Review: This book is interesting because the photographer (Wayne Sapulski) has managed to photograph almost every single lighthouse on both the Canadian and the American sides of the Great Lakes. There are views I had never seen of lighthouses on the Canadian side of Lake Superior, for example. Unfortunately the photos are quite small B&W images. I presume the color photos will appear elsewhere. The text is minimal. For each lighthouse, there is a description of the location and the tower. Thus the book is billed as a directory/guide. Anybody with a serious interest in lighthouses should definitely add this book to their collection.
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Summary: He'll leave the lighthouse on for you...
Review: This book was like a bible to me a few weeks ago when I hunted for 6 lighthouses in the Duluth area. This is not a coffee- table picture book, but more of a dictionary. There's small pictures, brief descriptions, and directions to every house on the Great Lakes! My only concern is that the book is from 1998. So in the case of one of the "endangered" lighthouses, I'd say double-check to make sure it's still there before driving a long ways to see it. Also, a few that are marked "private" are now bed and breakfasts which may have a little more access than a guy's backyard. But these are minor compared to how valuable this book is when exploring our beautiful Great Lakes shorelines.
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