Native name: Na-Be-Quon Island | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USA_Michigan_location_map.svg)  Granite Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lake Superior |
| Coordinates | 46°43′15″N 87°24′41″W / 46.72083°N 87.41139°W |
| Administration | |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Marquette County |
| Township | Marquette Township |
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Granite Island is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) island in Lake Superior located about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Built upon it is the Granite Island Lighthouse, also known as Granite Island Light Station,[1] "one of the oldest surviving lighthouses on Lake Superior".[2] It is part of Marquette Township, in Marquette County.
- ^ Holland, Francis Ross (1988). America's Lighthouses: An illustrated History. Courier Dover Publications. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-486-25576-7. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ^ Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses, Detroit News.