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In the early 1900s, mail and freight to South Bass Island were brought across the ice
and open water by ironclad boats. Passengers paid up to $5 for the privilege to help MARCH 2023
push the boat across, and keeper families sometimes helped them come ashore.

tion, Put-in-Bay visitors can now learn all its coastline, and the lighthouse’s 10 keepers
New South Bass Island lighthouse about the South Bass Island Lighthouse’s who helped ships along their way.
history through six new educational displays
The last display focuses on Green Island,
educational displays provide an located around the lighthouse grounds. which is visible from the South Bass Island
“Lighthouses have been such an import-
Lighthouse grounds. Now a wildlife refuge for
ant piece of the Lake Erie islands’ history
Ohio Division of Wildlife and no longer acces-
overview of island history and we realized we could do our part to help sible to the public, the display showcases the
educate visitors who come to our South Bass
lighthouses that used to be at Green Island
Island Lighthouse,” said Dr. Kristen Fussell, before fi re left only their remnants.
Associate Director of Ohio Sea Grant and The South Bass Island Lighthouse grounds
By Jill Jentes Banicki One of these famous lighthouses is the Stone Lab. “This NPS grant gave us the are open to the public for free from dawn to
South Bass Island Lighthouse, owned by The opportunity to do that.” dusk in the summer. For information about
Great Lakes lighthouses have always sparked Ohio State University and managed by Ohio Five of the educational displays provide the lighthouse and its summer guided tours,
our curiosity. Known as beacons of light that Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory. Thanks visitors with an overview of the grounds, visit go.osu.edu/lighthouse. MAB
provide safe passage for ships, they also to a National Maritime Heritage Program information about the Lake Erie passage, the
attract visitors with their individual stories grant administered by the National Park lighthouse’s unique red brick architecture, Reprinted from Sea Grant Twine Line. Fall 2022
and maritime history. Service(NPS) and the Ohio History Connec- the 10-sided Fresnel lens that illuminated Fall/Winter Edition.

Seasons change, but one look never goes out of style – a life
jacket! Remember, dress for the water temperature, not the air
temperature. Dress in layers, wear a life jacket, and file a float
plan with a friend or loved one staying on shore.

To learn more about Ohio’s water rules and
regulations, please visit ohiostateparks.gov