Whitefish Point

Today, we traveled to Whitefish Point.  On the way, we passed a Duesenberg car club out for a ride. 

We arrived at Whitefish Point to a beautiful blue sky.  This is the location of the Shipwreck Museum, one of the main reasons we wanted to visit this area.  

Here is a fresnel lens. These were used in lighthouses to magnify the lamplight so ships could navigate by them.  

This is a depiction of divers exploring a shipwreck.  Those are real ribs from a sunken ship.  

This is the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald.  The ship went down in a storm on 10 November, 1975.  The ship was launched in June of 1958 and was 728 feet.  She was the pride of the fleet and sailors vied to work on her. At the request of the families, the bell was raised on July 4th, 1995 and a replacement  bell with the names of the 29 crewmen who were lost that day was lowered to the ship. She now sits on the bottom at 530 feet.   

This is a Coast Guard rescue boat.  It was manned by seven crewmen, six oarsmen with one man on the tiller.  It is self righting and self bailing.   

This is the lighthouse.  We climbed it to get a better view of the point.

On the right is Whitefish Point, To the left of that is the mouth of the St. Mary's River and on the far left is Canada.

Here is a birds eye view of the museum, the light keepers house and the gift shop.

It was a tad windy up there but the view was worth it.  

This is a model of the Edmund Fitzgerald made from 18,000 legos.  It took nine years to build.  

This is an old wooden rudder.

We stopped to eat at The Fish House.  It was featured on Drive Ins, Diners and Dives.  

Here is the smokehouse out back.

As we left, we found this in the parking lot.  It had an Florida plate on it.  Think about that.

We took the scenic byway back.  It was anything but.  Trees blocked the view of the water the whole way.  

On the way home, we toured the Valley Camp, an ore boat converted into a museum.  

A view looking toward the stern from the wheelhouse.  

These were the ships this company owned.  The Valley Camp is on the far left.

This is the reason I don't live in this climate any more.  

More fun in store for tomorrow!