Crisp Point Light
Undated United States Coast Guard photo
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| Location | Lake Superior shoreline, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 46°45.173′N 85°15.440′W / 46.752883°N 85.257333°WCoordinates: 46°45.173′N 85°15.440′W / 46.752883°N 85.257333°W |
| Year first lit | 1904 |
| Deactivated | 1992 |
| Foundation | poured concrete |
| Construction | brick |
| Tower shape | conical |
| Markings / pattern | White W/Black Lantern |
| Height | Tower - 58 feet (18 m) |
| Focal height | Focal plane - 62 feet (19 m) |
| Original lens | Fourth Order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 13 nautical miles; 24 kilometres (15 mi) |
| ARLHS number | USA-203 |
Crisp Point was one of five U.S. Life-Saving Service Stations along the coast of Lake Superior between Munising and Whitefish Point in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Located about 14 miles (23 km) west of Whitefish Point, in 1876 it became Life Saving Station Number Ten, of the U.S. Life-Saving Service District 10 (later part of District 11). Crisp Point is named from one of the Life Saving Station keepers, Christopher Crisp, who is said to have been "an iron-willed boatman." Surfmen were stationed there to aid mariners and ships in distress. The station, along with the rest of the United States Life-Saving Service, was integrated into the United States Coast Guard in 1915. (In 1939 the U.S. Lighthouse Service also merged under the control of the Coast Guard). Due to the fact that the US Life-Saving Service and the US Lighthouse Service were originally two distinct entities, the Crisp Point Life Saving Station and the Crisp Point Lighthouse were also originally two separate entities.
The other four Life-Saving Stations were Vermilion Point (now Vermilion, Michigan), about five miles (8 km) east of Crisp Point, Two Hearted River, 5 or 6 miles (8.0 or 9.7 km) west of Crisp Point, Deer Park, Michigan (formerly known as the Sucker River Station and Muskallonge Lake Station), about 10 or 11 miles (16 or 18 km) west of Two Hearted River, and Grand Marais about 15 or 16 miles (24 or 26 km) west of Deer Park.
Crisp Point Lighthouse was first proposed in 1896 and every year thereafter until finally approved in June, 1902. Construction began one year later. The 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land was purchased at a price of $30.00. The deed was dated May 21, 1903. In the 58-foot (18 m) high tower a fourth order red Fresnel lens by Sautter and Lemonnier of Paris, France was installed. The light was displayed for the first time in May 1904.
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