EAST
Luce County - Michigan Department of Conservation
1943-44: “A tower cabin of the portable type was constructed from salvaged material and placed at East tower.” (Twelfth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
1947-48: “Tower cabins have been completed at Otter Lake, East and Turin Towers,” (Fourteenth Biennial Report, The Department of Conservation)
NGS Data Sheet
DESIGNATION - EAST
PID - RJ1163
STATE/COUNTY- MI/LUCE
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BETSY LAKE NORTH (2017)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1965 (LMC)
THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR EAST LOOKOUT
TOWER, ABOUT 21-1/2 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NEWBERRY, 15 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF PARADISE, 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETSY LAKE, IN THE
NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, T. 49 N., R. 8 W., AND ON PROPERTY OF THE
STATE.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE RAILROAD DEPOT IN NEWBERRY, GO NORTH ON
STATE HIGHWAY 123 FOR 4.3 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. CONTINUE
NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 123 FOR 8.35 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD RIGHT AT SIGN
FORDNEY TOWER RD. CONTINUE NORTHEAST ON HIGHWAY 123 FOR 5.65 MILES TO
A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTHERLY ON COUNTY ROAD 500 FOR
6.3 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT (COUNTY ROAD 414). CONTINUE NORTH ON
COUNTY ROAD 500 FOR 0.3 MILE TO A Y-FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND GO
NORTHEAST ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO A REVERSE Y-FORK. BEAR
RIGHT AND GO EAST ON A GRAVELED ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO A Y-FORK. TAKE
THE RIGHT FORK AND GO EAST ON A SAND ROAD FOR 0.2 MILE TO A SIDE ROAD
LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH ON A SAND ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE
LOOKOUT TOWER AND THE STATION.