Station Point Betsie, Michigan
Also referred to as Point au Bec Scies
USLSS Station 4, Eleventh District
Coast Guard Station #262
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Location:
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At Point Betsie, Mich., just south of Point Betsie Light; Lake Michigan
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Date of Conveyance
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1875
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Station Built:
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1875
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1946
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Remarks:
Early reports refer to the station as the Point au Bec Scies Station and note that it was located "Near the light-house."
Keepers:
Thomas E. Matthews was appointed keeper on 26 JAN 1876 and transferred to Station Frankfort on 11 JAN 1887.
Harrison Miller was appointed keeper on 11 JAN 1887 and left due to a "physical disability" on 10 JUL 1908.
Edwin E. Bedford was appointed keeper on 2 JUL 1908 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.