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Staying on DeTour Reef Light as part of the DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society's (DRLPS) "Keeper Program" is an exciting opportunity. My name is John Reurink, and as a recent addition to the DRLPS Board of Directors, I was especially excited to get learn more about the lighthouse by staying on the light for the weekend of July 3 and 4 (this is a great weekend if you can get it). After I completed our weekend, I thought it'd be helpful to write about what to expect, shou

The Detour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) is changing how we handle Keeper Program reservations beginning in 2026.

Since its founding in 1998, DRLPS has had a dedicated group of hard working and highly competent volunteers who functioned as a team. ...

Gateway to the Superior is the story of the restoration of the DeTour Reef Light. It is told not only by the men and women of the DeTour...

Detour Reef Light early 1900s According to U.S. Coast Guard officials, advances in aids to navigation technology have made the DeTour...

Honoring the only Coast Guard service member to lose their life while serving on the Detour Reef Light.

Jeri Baron Feltner in 1999 at the beginning of the DeTour Reef Light Restoration At the Michigan Lighthouse Alliance Conference held May...

Clifton E. Haley - Director Emeritus, Detour Reef Light Preservation Society At the DeTour Reef Light Preservation (DRLPS) Board of...

Left to right: Ken Czapski of Sanders and Czapski Architects; Bobby Olivarez of Mimh Enterprises; Bryan Lijewski from SHPO; Dave Bardsley...

David J. Bardsley has been selected to receive the Michigan Historic Preservation Network (MHPN) 2013 Citizen Award for his “…...

A public dedication ceremony for the DeTour Reef Light Station state historical marker commemorating the historic offshore lighthouse was...

The history of the illumination and lenses of DeTour Reef Light begins with a meticulously crafted 1908 French Fresnel lens to the current b

In 1956, the U. S. Coast Guard placed an F2T Diaphone foghorn on the DeTour Reef Light replacing an earlier type G Diaphone horn. The F2T...

The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) has received a grant from the Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program (MLAP) to...

Sometime during the late 1920s, the Lighthouse Service determined that the lighthouse at DeTour Point would need to be replaced with an...