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I love what has happened to this wonderful Old Light station since I was there in 1997. I wish I lived closer so I could get there more than I do but I want to thank all of the folks that love this station and give of themselves and their time to it.

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You have a great organization and are doing a great job on the restoration!

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I HAVE BEEN VISITING CRISP POINT LIGHT ALMOST EVERY YEAR SINCE I WAS ONE YEAR OLD, FIRST WITH MY PARENTS AND THEN ON MY OWN AND AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE HAS DONE TO BRING THE LIGHT BACK TO LIFE. THANK YOU J.C.CORNWELL

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My wife Yvonne and I have been to almost every lighthouse in Wisconsin, Upper and Lower Michigan. Crisp Point is my favorite of them all. We have been there several times over the past ten years. The last time we were there was 1997. I was heart broken to find the attached building crumbled into the lake! I thought that would be the last time I would see the tower standing. I finally found your web page and am thrilled to see the light painted and the shore line reclaimed. I am glad to know that there are people that find this location and light as special as I do. Granted I will miss the off-roading adventure to get there! I hope to visit again in 2001. Keep up the fantastic work.

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I am originally from Michigan and spent a lot of time as a child vacationing and exploring around the Great Lakes. I have developed a real passion for the Lakes, Islands, Shoreline and Lighthouses over the years and try to return every year as an adult with my son to find new things and places to explore. I hope to make the trip to Crisp Point this summer (2000) to see the wonderful progress that has been made in its restoration. GREAT JOB!!!

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MOST EXCELLENT WEB SITE!

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Dear Don and Nellie- We see Margaret Warren often and she has kept us posted on what has been going on with the lighthouse. The tower looks wonderful and we're glad to hear the road is in good shape. We tried so hard to make it back up there before the weather broke and were unsuccessful. We will see you in the spring or summer on our next trip up. Both of us are looking forward to doing what we can to help, and our son is anxious to have another opportunity to help. Keep up the good work, and have a wonderful holiday. Kim

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We visited the lighthouse in July 99. But the black flies were so bad we couldn't stay long. It's so beautiful after it has been painted! We really like your web page.

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I started out looking for backgrounds for a web page and ended up here!! I love this light. I visited this beautiful lady just after she began falling. I've visited many lighthouses, but this is my favorite. I'm glad to see that so many are interested in saving her, but I am almost sorry that we have to share her. When you visit her in her remoteness, you feel that no one else knows about her. There was peace and tranquility, just you and the light..I have beautiful pic's , but I love yours too. I will be back to visit soon.

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Does anybody know where I can find a lighthouse motiff screen saver?

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My husband & I brought our daughter and her husband out to see the newly painted lighthouse last weekend. We were so shocked at the erosion! It has been over 2 years since our last visit to Crisp Point Light and the changes were amazing! Couldn't believe the new road, either! Although it is nice to have better access to the Light, my husband commented that somehow the ambiance had changed. I understood what he meant. But, the only way to raise public interest in the Light is to provide access. We came back home and revisited your website, looking for ways to support the efforts at saving the Light. My daughter & her husband are avid lighthouse replica collectors and we noticed that there were no replicas to be found. I might suggest that you contact Scasis (sp?), the vendor that does many, many other lighthouse replications, and suggest that they do a mold for Crisp Point! I wouldn't offer to pay them to make the mold right off...let them invest in Crisp! I think you would do very well to sell replicas of this most precious lighthouse. Let the light speak for itself! My first home was Au Sable Light near Grand Marais. Once you have a fascination for lighthouses, it just never goes away! In Spirit...let the light shine!

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I have been interested in lighthouses for about 10 years now. My husband proposed at Grand Haven, which I treasure dearly. In the last few years my interest has grown and we have traveled within MI to view as many as possible. I regret we have not seen CP yet, but would love to in 2000, and would also like to help in some way. I will be in touch. Thank you so much for this site and for keeping the spirit of the light alive, and hopefully soon, the actual "light on." Happy Thanksgiving!

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I would love to see your lighthouse! I really enjoy The Great Lakes, especially Superior. Hopefully I will make it up there next summer. The drive to the site looks a bit tricky though. But worth the effort I'm sure. Great website. Thanks, Norma.

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Finally found the web-site!!! All I can say is Thanks bud, you picked a winner! Can't wait till we can go there together. Once again THANKS! Brian

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Very impressed witth how extensive your web site is. Have always been fasinated by Crisp Point Light and have known about it for many years. I can remember when it was still an active lighthouse. My wife and I have been wanting to visit Crisp point for some time now. Would have to liked to have gotten there before it became so well known and was still more desolate and hard to get to. We are both a couple of dyed in the wool yoopers and truly love and care for this land and it's rich history and heritage. We will most likely join your organization and volunteer our labor to help save Crisp Point light. Although we are not well to do people, we would like to do what we can to help. Sincerly Gordon and Wanda Earl

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TRIED TO E-MAIL DEBRA JEAN FAUST. SAID SERVER NOT FOUND. JUST WANTED TO SAY LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY TO GET THE LENS BACK IN THERE! EVERYONE HELP!

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Wed. Nov. 10 wish I was at the Edmond Fitz memorial wanted to stop and see new paint on Crisp Point too! Can someone please find me a good job in the U.P.!

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Really glad to see so much interest in the Lighthouses of the Great Lakes and especially in Crisp Point. I am now attending school in Vermont so I have had plenty of time to explore the beautiful lights on the East Coast. And they really are beautiful. Keep up the good work. I am sure you have heard of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Museum which will be going up just south of the bridge. I will be looking for something in there about Crisp. Keep me updated on the progress of the light. Take Care and Happy Holidays to all.
Andrew Redies
Avid Lighthouse Fan

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We moved the Hatteras Light this year. Give those boys in NY a call--they can move yours too.

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HI DON & NELLIE,
The lighthouse looks great from the photo! Hope to see you soon (maybe a weekend spent at the lighthouse). KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
nikki

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Dear Nellie & Don above please find Tom's & my new E-mail address. I am closing my business today. Sold my old computer & bought a new one to have at home. I sent an e-mail a week or so ago asking if we had sent a thank you to Bogie Lake Greenhouse for their donation of Ornamental Beach grasses. Have changed my address so might be why we haven't gotten a reply. Still interested to know. Thanks

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I grew up not far from Grand Haven, and just took lighthouses for granted!... thought everyone lived near one!! Anyway, I've been collecting lighthouse "stuff" since 1969 and the last couple years have spent our vacation time hauling the family around the state to different lighthouses! Am glad you have driving directions, my son attends college at the Soo, think I'll give him the directions and my camera and send him over there! Hopefully, I'll be able to visit myself next summer! Wonderfully done page!

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My father (Bob Davis) was originally from Eckerman, Mi. We have a cabin in Strongs. We like the Paradise area and saw on a map that there was a lighthouse called Crisp Point. So with alot of determination and a 4 wheel drive truck we found Crisp Point several years ago. We have been back several times since. I applaud your efforts to save a piece of our history. I have a question though, why did the Coast Guard tear the house down? What a shame!

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I really love all the Lighthouses, especially those that need help to get repaired. They all are really beautiful and I am so glad to see them. Thanks,Annie

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Thanks for the directions to Crisp Point. I got lost trying to find it a couple of weeks ago. I am sure they will help next time.

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I first visited the Crisp Point Light House in Feb of 99 on snowmobile. It was very beautiful, and I am finally going back this weekend to drive my wife there. We have seen just about all of the lighthouses in the states and are ready to take on the Canadian side.

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I was born at Au Sable Light in Grand Marais in 1954 to Richard & Carol Miller. Dad was the lightkeeper then and I have kept that beautiful lighthouse in my Life over all of these years! My husband and I returned to Grand Marais in 1979 to raise our daughters (ages 3 & 4) in one of the most beautiful areas on Earth! We have often frequented Crisp Point, Point Iroquois & Whitefish Point Lights. I love your website!

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I am interested in helping restore lighthouses! Your Web page is one of the best I've surfed! Good job!

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The quilt donated is beautiful. Written appreciation should be made to the donor / creator of the quilt. I was born in the U.P. (Newberry) and can appreciate the Great Lakes and their lighthouses enormously.

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Thanks to your quiltmaker, Donnely Lockard, this applique quilter found your site. Good luck with your project in restoring this lighthouse. I, too, love lighthouses...all of them. My personal favorite is Thomas Point Shoal in the Chesapeake Bay...sail by it regularly. Visited Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and saw it MOVE. An awesome sight! Your endeavors to restore Crisp Point are evidenced with your hard work and good website. Good luck with the quilt raffle. It is a lovely quilt!

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For those of you visiting Crisp Point this weekend I will be there Saturday to plant Ornamental Beach grasses donated by Bogie Lake Greenhouse, Inc. of Highland, Michigan. They donated 17 (1) gal. pots & I will be there planting. If you want to help just show up and your time volunteering will help us match the grant. See you there!!!!!!!

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My wife and I visited Crisp Point on Aug. 9 of this year. What a view of the Lake!!! We just love visiting along Lake Superior it really is God's Country. The 17 mile drive to the light is an experience all by itself!! Keep up the good work and we hope the light is there for many years to come. We heard the tower has been painted since our visit, so we look forward to seeing it again real soon!!

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I am thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot from your web page. I am a beginner in collecting Lighthouses and Info. They are so special to me and hopefully, one day, I can visit most of the ones in the US. I will visit your site often and hopefully, I can help with the saving of your Lighthouse.

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Sitting here on Saturday 09/11/99 wishing I was there watching one of those awesome sunsets and scraping or painting something cause I know there won't be many warm weekends left. Can't wait to see the new paint job! Please someone put the new photos on the web site. Anyone wants to get together plan one more weekend helping out get a hold of me.

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Very Unique and Original Lighthouse!

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Very nice pictures of Crisp Point Lighthouse. My living room decor is done in Michigan lighthouses. We have been to only about 15 of them, but have planned a trip to see Crisp Point and a few more next summer. Thanks for the neat web site.

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In Sept, 1998, quite by accident while riding around on a brief vacation, visited Crisp Point. It's a beautiful place, and we hope to come back.

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I'm with the American LH Foundation as Corresponding Sect. We are sending a donation to your project in Sept. of 1999 . Your website is terrific!!!

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Well we got back late last night. Tom & I went up after I finished a wedding (I'm a florist). We put in about 7-8 hours helping scrape the old paint & caulk off the window frames on the top of the tower. There were several volunteers. We got alot accomplished scraping inside & out the windows, walls, removed the rest of the galvanized ceiling panels (All of this work was done in the very top of the tower). It was alot of work but we had a great time working together and boy what a view!!!!!!!!!!!! We had beautiful weather till we left Sunday afternoon, it started to rain as we left. Many of the volunteers camped in the clearing behind the lighthouse. We had over 20 visitors climb the tower while we worked. This week I plan on approaching 2 of my wholesale greenhouse contacts about getting appropriate plants donated. I'll give it my best shot. Also I don't see anywhere on this site that tells about the Volunteer Lightkeeper for a weekend program. If I understand this correctly, any member can camp at the lighthouse & open it up for the public to climb the tower & answer questions and/or put in some elbow grease (work on repairs). Tom & I go up at least once a month as we have property about 30 minutes away. We all decided that we need to use a gas powered generator to do the rest of the scraping. This way we can plug power drills with wire brushes in and get things accomplished much more quickly & efficiently. Bill, who was the novice volunteer has one but he can't always be there like ourselves. If anyone would like to help us out volunteering & has a generator that we can use that would be great. Contact Nellie & Don or myself and we will get back to you. Signing off for now.
D.J. & Tom
P.S. A suggestion for everyone. Find the Luce County website and send a thank you to the Road Commission for the great job extending the road to within a few hundred feet of the Lighthouse!!! What a great job!!!!!!!!!!!

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What a beautiful site, I tried to find this light a few years ago, but didn't make it, as it started to rain and was getting dark. It is a beauty, and I'm grateful for your efforts to save it. Your site is great and I will explore it more when I have more time, Thank you.

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I used to vacation at a nearby lake, with grandparents, as a child. We would visit the lighthouse quite often. At one point my parents took a picture that I had taken of her (the lighthouse) and had it painted for me. It hangs in my home today. I had read an article that part had been reclaimed by the lake, but it wasn't until my sister gave me a picture that she recently took, that I fully realized the problems that she was facing. It is very upsetting. I'm glad that someone is trying to help her.

DJ Faust - 08/17/99 19:20:05
My Email:Defleur@aol.com
Birthdate: 11-21-56
City: Oxford
State/Province: Michigan
Country: USA
Your Favorite Lighthouse Related Site: Crisp Point
How You Found Our Page: Nellie Ross

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Nellie I didn't realize that we could view each others signing in the guest book. Hey everyone if you need direction or feel more comfortable following someone up to the U.P. we go up quite often. We have 30 acres not far from the lighthouse. Get in touch to chat or plan the next trip up. Keep up the great work Nellie. D.J. & Tom Faust (Volunteer Wildlife DNR & new volunteers for the lighthouse)

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Great! Very impressed more info than I expected to find. Alot of work for the people who set this up. Thanks

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I have been thinking of moving to the U.P. and happened upon Crisp Point while surfing the web. I would very much like to help in the cause when I move up there. I plan on taking a trip up there in the very near future. I work weekends and would like to know if there are events going on during the week. Keep up the good work. I would like to help in anyway I can from here. At least until I move up there.

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We took a family trip up to the UP a couple of weeks ago. After the long trip through the woods to get there, we found it and enjoyed a quiet evening at the beach. Loved that it was very remote but accessible to the public!!!! We've already talked about a return visit!!

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We have been interested in the lighthouse for many years. Have had many a picnic with our children in the 50's and they still enjoy going there. Thank God for Nellie Ross, who has fought so diligently for the preservation of this beautiful site, I for one am thankful for her hard work, and will continue to help her in anyway that I can. Marcella

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Hi Cameron, It's Nellie. New at this Email stuff. I'll try to answer your questions. Or maybe the phone will work quicker til I get the hang of this. Will send you more pictures soon. Thanks for all your hard work on our site!

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Originally from Saginaw, vacationed in Grand Marais since 2 years old. Parents moved to Grand Marais in late 80's.

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Hey! Thanks for updating with the "Third Annual" pictures. Sent the one from home page to family members and friends when I saw who was in the picture! It was such an enjoyable day! Nice weather and good food and good company!

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Is or was there ever a lighthouse at Vermilion Point? I see a tower shown there on some maps..keep up the good work on crisp!!

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Good Luck with your efforts!

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Visited the lighthouse 7/28/99. Awesome experience! Highly recommend everyone visits.

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I worked in the navigation dept. on a U S Navy ship and it started my interest in lighthouses. I am now collecting Lefton lighthouses and that started me looking for info and/or history on my collection and other lighthouses in the US. Have visited several lighthouses on the Gulf and East coast but have not been in the Great Lakes Region. The "lakes area" has some beautiful lighthouses that fits within my interest, so I hope to get up that way soon.

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My goal by Summer of 2000 is to have collected all the lighthouses around the state of MI. This weekend my goal is all of the houses bordering Lake Superior. Wish Me LUCK!!!

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I have been trying to visit the lighthouse for about 6 years. However, I travel alone with my young daughter, and it's just in too remote of a location to risk it. Last summer I became familiar with the society (again, purely by accident) and I plan to visit this summer. Can't wait!!!!!

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Had the greatest time at the Lighthouse. Delivered the quilt to Don and Nellie, wonderful people. They are taking photo's of the quilt. Hope lots and lots of money will be raised from the quilt raffle. It was worth the time to make it, just to have the key being able to climb to the top. Loved it. I had only seen it from pictures, read an article about the lighthouse, called and asked if they would be interested in a quilt to raffle. Hope to return soon. Fell in love with the place. My great uncle was a lightkeeper for South Fox Island.

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I really liked this site. It has been one of the better lighthouse ones I have seen. I did e-mail Bob Villa for you guys. Please keep me up to date on all the wonderful progress you are making! Keep up the good work!

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We took a trip to Crisp Point on a very windy, clear day the last week in June, 1999. What a sight those white waves were amid the green lake and surrounding the old tower! This saving project is to be commended and supported.

A close second is the trip/viewing to/of the lighthouse on Pennisula Point, MI.

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Very much impressed with the Crisp Point website! Last time we were at Crisp Point was snowmobile trip, riding the moguls! Would like to become involved in restoration, if I can talk husband into it!

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Could you show overall direction for the few coming from....wwwwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy down here in the Ann Arbor area to see Crisp Point, I'm interested and will be in the Travese city area soon.
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If you're coming from Ann Arbor, take U.S. 23 North, then I-75 North, and finally M-123 North to Paradise. If you're coming from Traverse City, take U.S. 31 North to I-75 North, to M-123 North. Good luck!

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We go up to Paradise every year. My husband & son got marooned at Crisp Point one night last summer. By the way, please tell Cathy Harmon I got her phone message and I will call her when I get to Paradise. Tell her to write me and let me know what is going on!
Barb Kennedy

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I'm a member of the society. I am also the son of Jo Ann Warren (Singleton), Great Grandson of Joseph Singleton. I visited the lighthouse many times when I was younger and I am very happy that the people in Newberry and Michigan in general have taken an interest in saving the old girl!!

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Enjoy all Lake Superior Lighthouses. Born and raised on Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.

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I wish I could claim some relationship to the Light. Unfortunately Christopher Crisp is not of our lineage. The Crisp Family of Raber Twp. Chippewa County will have our Family Reunion July 3 at Raber Twp. Hall. I am taking info and pictures of the light and will wear my CPLHS shirt.

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Hello, I am the great granddaughter of Joseph Singleton, Keeper of Crisp Point. My mother was raised by her grandparents and spent her summers at Crisp Point with them and her 3 uncles. This lovely lady of the lakes has been a big part of my childhood ... vacations in the summertime with memories so aromatic and vivid, that I cry at the sight of her today ... I will be visiting the tower with my husband and son ... their first time ... want to continue to expose the generations of the Singleton/Warren family to her magic, for as long as she stands ... As a kid/teenager, I would sit on her shore for hours, listening and thinking - there is no better "therapy" for the mind. I will be bringing my family July 15 through July 18. We will be staying at our family's cabin, compliments of my cousin, near Bodi. Thank you for doing such a nice job on this site ... and allowing me to share my thoughts.

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Just found this site. Is there a list of skippers? I believe my Grandfather was stationed there, or was in charge in the 30's.

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Very informative and interesting.

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All 31 members of our class are very excited to be a part of Crisp Point.

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Keep up the good work. I will be up to see your Lighthouse in May.

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It is great to see a web page devoted to this lighthouse in danger. I saw the lighthouse for the first time in early Dec. '98 before the snow flew, and visited it again a couple of weeks ago. The potential for a wonderful visitors site is there, but only if it can be fixed before Lake Superior claims it.

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Referred Tammy & Charlie Parker who have become new members. I'm always prepared to man the keyboard for a letter campaign! Hope to make it this summer.

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I loved the site and I hope to save the lighthouse. I have been there before and it is very beautiful and I will be supporting you totally! Keep up the good work.
Sarah

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Love Crisp Point. Wish you the best of luck but I do have to wonder after seeing how much erosion has taken place, is it really possible to stop mother nature? Hope so! We will be ordering some of the items you have for sale.

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Is there any additional historical data that can assist me in writing my book. I have a brief history that was sent to my home a few months ago. I need Lightkeeper & Asst names, and dates of services if possible.
Thanks,
Scott

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I LOVE LIGHTHOUSES. WE HAVE SPENT MANY VACATIONS IN MICHIGAN VISITING LIGHTHOUSES AND TAKING PICTURES. THEY ARE SO FULL OF HISTORY.

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My wife and I visited Muskalonge State Park in summer of '97. We visited several lighthouses, but not Crisp Point. We attended '97 and '98 Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival. We feel that this festival should be promoted more throughout. Several lighthouses along Lake Huron didn't even know about the event. We too are greatly disturbed by the fate of the Crisp Light. We met Dee Smith and found her warm and charming and hope to visit the light this year with her assistance. Good Luck!

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Know Bill and Dee and others in Paradise. Hi to all, will see you in summer.

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I tried to get to Crisp Point about four years ago and got lost. Someday... I wish I'd known about your site then.

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I have to tell you it is fantastic that all of you are saving this lighthouse! I would like to visit sometime in the next year. Good luck with the grants. Hope it all goes well.

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A very special lighthouse that must be preserved at all cost. Each trip is more special than the last!

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I have been to Crisp Point a number of times, I found it back in 1984 snowmobiling. I have been there many times since then, it is too bad they didn't save it before it almost fell into Lake Superior.

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Lovely Web Site. Good luck with the restoration.

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Great Work. My wife and I stumbled upon Crisp Point in the Summer of '96 and were horrified when we returned in the Fall of '97. I hope to be able to make a return trip before too long.

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Crisp Point needs to be saved. It is a wonderful lighthouse.

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Crisp Point pages are beautiful and very interesting! Thank you!

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I have been going to the Crisp Point Lighthouse for around 15 years and enjoy the little time I have there very much. I was very glad to see that something was being done to save this Historical site. If I can be of any help to you please e-mail me at the above. THANKS !!

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Hello again! No, we did not forget about C.P. and its situation. We were dealing with Squaw Island. Some key words would be: Roof, hot, July and fun. We will see what we can do for you, in the meantime, keep up the good work and good luck! We will try to be back!

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My family visited CPL in 1962 and I still remember the enjoyable visit. Would be interested to know if you have any weekends in '99 where you will be doing any work like painting or scrubbing that our family could help with (2 boys ages 10,11). Would also be interested in being notified when your web site is updated with more info...

Warren Johnson
laurelln@concentric.net

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Greetings from Canada, Great web page, and thanks so much for the newsletter sent out to me this month. I first read about Crisp Point in my lighthouse digest magazine, and finally got to visit this wonderful place in August. I will be back again next summer.

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Hope we can join and help sometime in the near future. Right now my 82 yr old dad had a stroke and requires full time care. He will be moving this summer to my sister's and we will contact you. Great page, very informative.

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