Views from the Lighthouse

Photo by Trinity Metcalf.

For over a century, the beacon at Tawas Lighthouse guided ships on Lake Huron. During its operation, the light was manned–and, once, womanned–by lightkeepers who kept an often lonely vigil in weather that ranged from idyllic to deadly. Now a historical site maintained by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, the Tawas Lighthouse serves another purpose:…