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Birch Point Range Light Station

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Purchase, front, condemnation rear

11/18/1899

09/07/1900

Front, 0.7 acres, rear 1.76 acres

None

Front portion rocky; rear swamp.

Front tower in water's edge.

None.

Crib boat landing at boathouse.

Wood walk from dweling. No road on or to premises.

By bat only. 3.5 miles from Brimley and about 11 miles from Sault Ste. Marie.

Railway station at Brimley, Mich, 3.5 miles. No steamboat landing there. About 11 miles to Sault Ste. Marie.

3.5 miles to Brimley, Mich.

None.

By launch, tug or light-house tender.

Towers.

1901

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