On the western shore of Lake Superior, a new beacon of light shone across its water for the first time on July 31, 1910, when the third order Fresnel was lit in the new Split Rock Lighthouse on a 130 foot cliff.
Since there were no roads in the area at the time of construction, all the building materials and supplies arrived by water and hoisted to the top of the cliff but Split Rock Lighthouse became such a tourist attraction so a road was built to it in 1924.
Light on the Rocks
