Station Vermillion Point, Michigan
Coast Guard Station #292
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Location:
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At Vermillion Point, 9 3/4 miles west of Whitefish Point Light, and 4 5/8 miles east of Crisp Point Light; Lake Superior.
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Date of Conveyance
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1888
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Station Built:
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1876
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Fate:
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See "Remarks" section below
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Remarks:
Station was consolidated with Crisp Point Light Station in 1940.
Keepers:
William C. Know was appointed keeper on 17 MAR 1877 and resigned on 8 AUG 1880.
Samuel F. Bernier was appointed keeper on 16 AUG 1880 and resigned on 31 MAY 1900.
James A. Carpenter was appointed keeper on 10 MAY 1900 and left in 1915.
John McDonald (acting) was appointed keeper in 1915.
CBM (L) George Krause was officer-in-charge in 1936. His staff that year included Surfmen: Frederick J. Grapengeiser, Frank P. Babbitt, Clare E. Hagadone, Raymond Smith, Josephy O. Raymond, Emil S. Holdren and William Kincaide.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.