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Features : Baileys Harbor Last Updated: Jun 6, 2009 - 12:17:35 PM


Features : Baileys Harbor
Cana Island Lighthouse Graces Door County Shoreline
Jun 6, 2009 - 11:49:25 AM

Cana Island 7
Cana Island from the air. Photo courtesy Dick Felzer
Most people aren’t aware, but Cana Island was not home to the first lighthouse in Baileys Harbor. The first lighthouse, located on a different island off Baileys Harbor, was built of native stone from Alison Sweet’s quarry, the man who proposed and was awarded the contract by the Federal Government. By 1866, fourteen years after it was built, the condition of the lighthouse had declined quite a bit. Though the project of fixing up the lighthouse was awarded $15,000, it was decided that it would be better to build a new lighthouse located on Cana Island. The first lighthouse shone until December 1, 1869.

Features : Baileys Harbor
Village of History: Baileys Harbor
Jul 1, 2008 - 7:13:20 AM

Blacksmith Inn B&B
Baileys Harbor is a village of buildings on the National Register of Historical Places.

In 1848, Captain Justice Bailey piloted his ship into what is now Baileys Harbor to avoid a storm. Captain Bailey worked for Alanson Sweet, who owned a fleet of ships which transported lumber and stone to Detroit. Captain Bailey took samples of pine, maple, beech, and Door County stone back to his employer, who saw possibilities for those products.

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