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Fox Island Lighthouse Association

Also FILA

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Locator map: South Fox Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Within South Fox IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeOrganization
Founded2004
Coordinates45.3781° N, 85.8384° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
WithinSouth Fox Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: South Fox Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Within South Fox IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Organization
Founded
2004
Coordinates
45.3781° N, 85.8384° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritagemaritimelighthousescommunity
Within
South Fox Island

Summary

The Fox Island Lighthouse Association (FILA) formed in 2004 to preserve the South Fox Island Light Station. A 2012 Charlevoix Courier feature describes the group’s preservation work and plans; a January 2009 report lists a $16,666 Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grant for South Fox Island Lighthouse.

Evidence and limits

The held reports establish the Association’s reported formation, stated preservation purpose, a reported grant, and particular work reported by early summer 2012. They do not establish incorporation or tax status, ownership or control of the station, a complete board or membership record, grant terms or spending, a full condition assessment, or completion of a restoration program.

See also

Sources

  1. Charlevoix Courier, 2012, “South Fox Island Light Station focus of history society program Monday.”
    Reports that the Fox Island Lighthouse Association formed in 2004 and describes its stated mission to preserve the South Fox Island Light Station. It also reports early-summer 2012 site and building work. The collected annual-bound OCR does not establish a precise publication day, incorporation, title, a full membership list, funding ledger, or later activity. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2012unse
  2. Charlevoix Courier, January 7, 2009, “Nearly $30,000 to Charlevoix lighthouse.”
    Reports a $16,666 Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grant to the Fox Island Lighthouse Association for South Fox Island Lighthouse. It is a newspaper grant report, not a grant agreement, expenditure ledger, or proof of work completion. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · charlevoixcourie2009unse
  3. OSM maps the lighthouse at approximately -85.8384182, 45.3780771. The Association point is anchored to the station it publicly works to preserve, not to an office or legal headquarters and not to the boundary of the 115-acre site.
    osm · lighthouses_maritime

Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Fox Island Lighthouse Association”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/fox-island-lighthouse-association/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix Courier, 2012, “South Fox Island Light Station focus of history society program Monday.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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