Station Crisp (Point), Michigan
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Location:
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18 miles west of Whitefish Point, 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 Department of the Interior in 1960
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Remarks:
The Crisp Point Station occupied several sites at various points. The erosion of the land caused the station to be moved frequently.
Keepers:
David Grummond (?) was appointed keeper on 17 MAR 1877 and left in 1878 (?)
Christopher Crisp was appointed keeper on 3 OCT 1878 and he was discharged on 18 MAR 1890.
Robert M. Small was appointed keeper on 4 APR 1890 and transferred to Station Ottawa Point on 6 NOV 1896.
Harry Gibb was appointed keeper on 2 APR 1897 and resigned on 20 OCT 1897.
James Hunter was appointed keeper on 17 NOV 1897 and resigned on 8 JUN 1904.
James Scott was appointed keeper on 31 MAY 1904 and left in 1915.
Daniel Shelson (acting) 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.