The Reef Blog

Past Recognition Of DRLPS Efforts

Since its founding in 1998, DRLPS has had a dedicated group of hard working and highly competent volunteers who functioned as a team. ...

Mar 205 min read

Gateway to the Superior is the story of the restoration of the DeTour Reef Light. It is told not only by the men and women of the DeTour...

Mar 142 min read

Detour Reef Light early 1900s According to U.S. Coast Guard officials, advances in aids to navigation technology have made the DeTour...

Mar 141 min read

Honoring the only Coast Guard service member to lose their life while serving on the Detour Reef Light.

Sep 4, 20173 min read

Jeri Baron Feltner in 1999 at the beginning of the DeTour Reef Light Restoration At the Michigan Lighthouse Alliance Conference held May...

Dec 31, 20163 min read

Clifton E. Haley - Director Emeritus, Detour Reef Light Preservation Society At the DeTour Reef Light Preservation (DRLPS) Board of...

Nov 30, 20162 min read

Left to right: Ken Czapski of Sanders and Czapski Architects; Bobby Olivarez of Mimh Enterprises; Bryan Lijewski from SHPO; Dave Bardsley...

Sep 30, 20142 min read

David J. Bardsley has been selected to receive the Michigan Historic Preservation Network (MHPN) 2013 Citizen Award for his “…...

Nov 15, 20133 min read

A public dedication ceremony for the DeTour Reef Light Station state historical marker commemorating the historic offshore lighthouse was...

Oct 1, 20133 min read

The history of the illumination and lenses of DeTour Reef Light begins with a meticulously crafted 1908 French Fresnel lens to the current b

Sep 15, 20123 min read