The St. Joseph Lighthouse is located along the shores of
Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River and Benton Harbor. The
catwalk leading to this lighthouse is one of only four left in MI. This
lighthouse is one of the five lighthouses chosen to honor the five Great
Lakes on postage stamps. The stamps were introduced in 1995 by the U.S. Postal
Service and sold for thirty-two cents as printed on the stamps. (The
picture below of the St. Joseph Lighthouse is similar to that on the postage stamp.)
The other four lighthouses chosen were: The Spectacle Reef
Lighthouse near Lake Huron, the Marblehead Lighthouse near Lake Erie, the Split
Rock Lighthouse near Lake Superior, and the Thirty Mile Lighthouse near Lake
Ontario.
I visited the St. Joseph Lighthouse and the Marblehead
Lighthouse in 1998, but at the time, I was unaware of the distinction
and honor placed on these two lighthouses nor the other three mentioned above.
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