Station North Manitou Island
USLSS Station #2, Eleventh District
Coast Guard Station #259
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Location:
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Near Pickard’s Wharf, Lake Michigan
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Date of Conveyance
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1874
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Station Built:
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1876 (?)
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1939
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Remarks: None.
Keepers:
Marvin Lee Core was appointed keeper on 24 APR 1877 and left later that year.
Daniel L. Buss was appointed keeper on 7 JUN 1877 and was dismissed, date unknown.
James Flynn was appointed keeper on 30 AUG 1884 and transferred to Station Grand Point Au Sable on 18 MAR 1884.
Charles Lyssaght was appointed keeper on 19 MAR 1884 and transferred to Station White River on 13 JAN 1887.
John Missel was appointed keeper on 11 JAN 1887 and his appointment was revoked on 7 MAR 1887.
John H. McKenzie was appointed keeper on 7 MAR 1887 and transferred to Station South Haven on 10 JUN 1888.
Peter Olsen was appointed keeper on 3 APR 1888 and transferred to Station Baileys Harbor on 3 MAR 1896.
Telesford St. Peter was appointed keeper on 6 DEC 1899 and transferred to Station Pentwater on 24 MAR 1913.
John G. Sammet was appointed keeper in 1914 and left in 1915.
Nels Palmer was appointed keeper 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.