Grand Haven Light

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Grand Haven Light
Grand Haven Front Lighthouse
Location:	Grand Haven, Michigan
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	43°03′25″N 86°15′21″W / 43.057, -86.2557

Grand Haven Light
Grand Haven Rear Lighthouse
Location:	Grand Haven, Michigan
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	43°03′25″N 86°15′14″W / 43.057, -86.2539

The Grand Haven Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Grand Haven, Michigan.

Grand Haven Lighthouses are two different lighthouses on the south pier of the channel where Grand River comes in to Lake Michigan. A lighthouse was first established there at 1839.^[1]

[edit] Additional reading

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Wagner, John L.. Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan. Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
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Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) ISBN 1550463993.