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Kentucky Christian University's Young Library Great Lakes Lighthouses Virtual Vacation

A virtual trip in the Great Lakes area where you go on virtual tours of lighthouses and museums, read fiction and non-fiction materials about the area, explore local area favorite recipes, and watch movies about lighthouses.

Day 2 - Lake Michigan

 

Lake Michigan

 

How lighthouses work and how their lights were developed is fascinating, so begin today by looking at the video above that contains with some basic information on lighthouses and their lights!

 

Now that we know how they work, let's take a tour along the shore of Lake Michigan and get some aerial views of 11 lighthouses.  We start with Fort Gratiot lighthouse and end at Old Mackinac Point!  Click on the picture and let's get going!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, we are going to end the day at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Lighthouse at Whitefish Point, Michigan.  This is the site where the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in 1975.  She is the largest ship to have sunk on the Great Lakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food:  Throughout the day, be sure to try some favorite Michigan dishes!  A Pasty (/ˈpæsti/) is a savory hand pie that is filled with meat, potatoes, onions.  It would make a great lunch.  Cherries are a popular fruit and their are many places where you can pick your own.  Finally, be sure to visit Mackinac Island!  This island is 3.8 square miles in size but it has dozens of fudge shops!  They have just finished with their Fudge Festival.  Click on the photos below for recipes for fudge and a pasty!

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock Hunting:  If you are looking for a new hobby, this may be the perfect one for you!  Rock hunting/collecting is very popular in the Great Lakes area.  As you "walk" around, be sure to watch for an unusual rock from each of the Great Lakes in the videos that will be located in the side columns for each Lake.  For those of you who are interested in a more 'real' activity, rock collecting can also be done here in Kentucky.  Take some time and look for rocks in the shape of the states that border the Great Lakes - Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.  Or look for fossils in any rock that you pick up.  Have a good time embarking on this new hobby/ activity that is also social distancing friendly!

 

Rest up!  Tomorrow we are headed to Lake Superior!