Station Two Hearted River, Michigan
USLSS Station #11, Tenth District
Coast Guard Station #294
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Location:
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Near mouth of Big Two Heart River, Lake Superior, 8 3/4 miles west southwest of Crisp Point Light.
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Date of Conveyance
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None
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Station Built:
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1876
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Fate:
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Disposed of in 1945
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Remarks:
None.
Keepers:
Moses Chartier was appointed keeper on 17 MAR 1877 and left in 9 JUL 1889.
John H. Frahn was appointed keeper on 5 JUL 1889 and transferred to Station Muskallouge Lake on 24 JAN 1891.
Thomas H. McCormick was appointed keeper on 2 MAR 1891 and transferred to Station Ship Canal on 19 FEB 1900.
Albert Ocha was appointed keeper on 19 FEB 1900 and transferred to Station Eagle Harbor on 29 JUL 1912.
John A. Anderson was appointed keeper on 29 JUL 1912 and was still serving in 1915.
BM1c (L) William H. Dickson was officer in charge in 1936.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.