Spectacle Reef Light Station 🚨 Second Most Remote Lighthouse in the US (Overnight Work Crew)
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- I join a work crew to restore the second most remote lighthouse in the United States. . . Spectacle Reef Lighthouse.
➡️ Spectacle Reef Light is in northern Lake Huron about 29 miles east of the Mackinac Bridge, Michigan.
It has been unmanned for almost 5 decades and it shows. The lighthouse was recently acquired by the Spectacle Reef Historical Society.
Spectacle Reef Preservation Society was formed in 2020 with the purpose to preserve, interpret, and operate the light station as an education center for the public.
➡️ The Society plans to host residential keeper programs, tours, weekend and day events, as well as many educational events at the light and the surrounding areas on shore. Restoration is ongoing, and the Society is always looking for new volunteers who wish to save, teach and learn about the history of the light and other lights, the Straits of Mackinac and greater Great Lakes region.
Join me and the Spectacle Reef Historical Society as we depart from the port of Cheboygan, Michigan and work to restore decades of neglect.
➡️ A few of the crew spend the night at the lighthouse and let the boats in the area that there is new life.
It is quite an experience and one I won't soon forget.
We will also talk about the future vision of the lighthouse, its history and educational potential.
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Thanks for the link, and the video! I've known Patrick since he was a baby, and so proud of the restoration and preservation work!
He is quite a person!
Wow. I'd love to be here in the weekends...
When i worked at Shepler's Mackinac Ferry, we would do lighthouse cruises and it was always fun to go out to Spectacle. Farther out there than it seemed.
This is awesome. My hubby would be all over this!
To my lighthouse neighbors to the North, Great job you's all. I wish that I had the time to volunteer, but alas I'm fulltime at our light. Eric, Keeper at 40 Mile Point Light. PS I made the lighthouse pendant on the boat, So cool seeing it in use!!!
Awesome! Nice to meet you Eric! And nice pennant!
Thank you Eric! We fly both your tender pendant on Marigold and your keeper pendant up on the parapet while we are out there working.
@@spectaclereeflighthouse6157 I'm honored. Thanks
perfect day for that trip, rare to see huron, or any great lakes that calm
This was probably my favorite vid yet - great job!
Great to hear! Thanks!
Amazing stories as usual! Thank you for the in depth history of the northern Michigan areas! Lots of new information even for us locals born and raised up here! Thanks again very informative!
Thanks for going out there! My Dad served in the Coast Guard from 1974-78 and spent 3 shipping seasons stationed on St. Martin's Island over in Lake Michigan and I'm familiar with most of the lighthouses up here. This light is a sister to Stannnard Rock in Lake Superior. The limestone blocks were layed in pure Portland cement and joined with large iron bolts, which is very rare in the normal building world. It boggles the mind how well both towers have held up over 50 and 60 years of neglect.
If you ever get a chance to go out there, I bet a St. Martin's / Poverty Island trip would be interesting.
Thanks Josiah! Like you say, Stannard and Spectacle lighthouses are crazy strong and form, basically, a single rock. I actually recorded footage of a trip to Poverty last fall, but dropped the camera somewhere on the overgrown trails. . . it was disappointing, but hoping to go back soon!
@@RestlessViking I will stay tuned!
I love the history you include! I can't even pronounce the names right half the time. Good job viking ;)
LOL. It literally takes a lifetime to figure out the pronunciations!
Great Video, I thought that was so cool of you being in the lamp room when in use!!!! And I love your idea of "I can hang a hammock anywhere" attitude! Thanks for helping preserve the lighthouse. Love your adventures!
I hope to be there Summer 2024
Very nice thanks.
Thank you too!
Awesome video.....I wish I was in it, sucked that I pulled my back out that weekend. Can't wait for better weather.
Great Video😊
Perfect! Put this on my retirement list. Drive all the way from VT to MI to work on a lighthouse? Heck yeah. Thanks for sharing this!
Right on!
This is awesome you should do a lot more lighthouse videos I’m a huge lighthouse fan and an expert on lighthouses you do great in these videos so please keep doing alot more lighthouse videos these are great especially how you explained the history on every lighthouse you visit keep it up 👍
Will do. We have many more on our list to visit!
@@RestlessViking Awesomes you do great in the videos especially how you explain the history of the lighthouses and the history of the islands that you visit In other videos to i live in Arizona and there are no lighthouses around at all and yet I’m still a huge fan of lighthouses so these videos are awesome for me to watch
@@Lighthouseman34 Thanks!
@@RestlessViking your very welcome
Wow! It’s my dream to visit this lighthouse one day. Excellent video! Cheers from one Michigander to another. -Drayton
Thanks Drayton! I hope you get the chance!
Awesome video, always enjoy your posts. We are in cheboygan now, wish we could get out there just to see it from the water. Thanks
Really cool video.
Look forward to what's next.
Keep up the great work Chuck,lov the vids
So cool!! Have you thought about doing a video of South Manitou?
It is one the list for an island visit. We don't have it on the schedule yet. But, that's a good idea.
This is awesome!
Thanks!
Man, that is really cool. What a great campfire! Excellent video.
Very cool indeed, always enjoyed the history and mystique of light houses. Summer goal is to visit Wagashanse, Grays Reef and White shoal, in a few weeks, weather permitting , looks like you guys had flat water !!!
We had "Severe Clear" weather! Waga, Grays and While Shoal - those will be fun visits. You could probably organize a tour of White Shoal if someone is there during your visit. Keep me posted on that trip.
Thank you good sir for all your awesome adventure videos!! Since I discovered you during my pandemic lockdown binge watching days last year my kids and I love to watch your videos, always learn something everytime we watch, live down in Pontiac and its like a up north adventure everytime you post!! Keep up the great videos!!
Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm glad you found us and that you join us on the adventures!
Thank's for all the work you & Poppins put into these vids, I'm totally hooked on these old lighthouses! (All historic stuff) have my own small boat now & hoping 2 join you in posting new adventures! Keep up the good work 😁🚤
This looked like such an awesome experience. Ive looked into this place and id love to visit it
facebook.com/spectaclereeflighthouse
Send them a message - they are looking for volunteers to help.
Thank you for your work and effort.
I'm in Sweden.
We have lots of light houses that get demolished by municipalitys each decade because there's no interest in them, and the very few who care for them, are just too few to do something about it other than watch the light houses go.
Hey Viking! Please come and visit Florida Panhandle - we need your investigative work and video for Fort Mcree. I have a guestroom for you and Poppins or a 30 amp Hookup for your use on my property. There is a lot of other cool places you can visit in Pensacola too. Great areas for your Zodiac to adventure as well. Anytime! (especially when it gets cold up there! Love your stuff! (I posted a little video - but not as good as your quality)
There is the unwelcome winters here. Tough to get around in icy waters. Florida may be in our future. Fort Mcree looks like it was scavenged and lost to time. Kind of remote too.
@@RestlessViking Hello, Mcree does deserve more investigation into the history and use. - Back to the lighthouse - Really cool that people care about the history and want to retain it's romance. love it
Hi is it deep water around the lighthouse
The lighthouse sits on a shoal that is about 3-11 feet deep and about 2000 ft wide by 2/3 of a mile long.
Interesting.... "Join a work crew, you won't be disappointed." Hmmmmmmm....... Sounds interesting..........
Very cool, do they have a utube channel
I don't believe they do. Just a webpage.
Is work completed on this project I would like to voulenteer. I’m a professional painter and general handyman. 20 years experience. I’m in Chicagoland area.
It is far from complete. There is still much work to be done and I am sure they would be glad to have the help.
You can get more info and get a hold of someone here - spectaclereef.org/member-areas-2
There tillamook rock light on the west coast on a small island 3miles off the coast, its pretty bad shape look it up
This is beautiful! I want to volunteer and work.