The January 2021 “Wolf Moon” rises over Split Rock Lighthouse in this video taken by @holdenphilliplaw. The January 2023 full moon is Friday, Jan 6. In a partnership with Destination Duluth we are featuring photos from their archives that feature Split Rock. | Split Rock Lighthouse

For those of you that missed it, here is the Edmund Fitzgerald Beacon Lighting from November 10, 2021. #rememberthefitz | Split Rock Lighthouse

Storied: Split Rock Lighthouse, Part 3 of 8 The construction of Split Rock Lighthouse was an engineering feat carried out by an organization already known for building structures in remote locations. The Duluth construction firm of L. D. Campbell & Son supplied all the labor necessary: carpenters; brick masons; demolition men for dynamiting the hard rock of the cliff to build foundations; and laborers collected from all over the Great Lakes region. Excerpts taken from MNopedia article by Lee Rad

Storied: Split Rock Lighthouse, Part 1 of 8 Split Rock Lighthouse opened in the summer of 1910 to guide bulk ore ships sailing near Lake Superior's rocky coast. By 1940, its picturesque North Shore setting had made it one of the most visited lighthouses in the United States. In the early years of the 20th century, iron ore shipments on Lake Superior doubled and redoubled. United States Steel's bulk ore carriers became "the greatest exclusive freight-carrying fleet sailing under one ownership in

Storied: Split Rock Lighthouse, Part 4 of 8 The first challenge in the spring of 1909 was to erect a steam-powered hoist and derrick for lifting supplies off the boats on the lake, more than 110 feet below. A construction crew of thirty-five to fifty men was supplied by boat throughout the construction period. By the time Split Rock Light Station was completed, workers had spent thirteen months on the desolate cliff, with a break only during the worst months of winter. The light was lit on July