History

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

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...

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