Station Muskallonge Lake, Michigan
Later-Station Deer Park
Coast Guard Station #295
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Location:
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Abreast of Muskallonge Lake, 16-1/2 miles east of Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Outer Light, and 18 1/4 miles west southwest of Crisp Point Light, Lake Superior;
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Date of Conveyance:
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1875
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Station Built:
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1876
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1955
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Remarks:
Name later changed to Deer Park
Keepers:
Quinton Morgan was appointed keeper on 17 MAR 1877 and transferred to Station No. 2 on 28 SEP 1881.
William Steele was appointed keeper on 28 SEP 1881 and transferred to Station Ship Canal on 9 MAR 1885.
Henry Cleary was appointed keeper on 9 MAR 1885 and transferred to Station Marquette on 24 JAN 1891.
John H. Frahm was appointed keeper on 24 JAN 1891 and transferred to Station Point Aux Barques on 11 FEB 1898.
James McGraw was appointed keeper on 11 FEB 1898 and was still serving in 1915.
Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.