Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment: Sand Point / Munising USCG Life Saving Station, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Mundus Bishop and National Park Service. 2017. Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment: Sand Point / Munising USCG Life Saving Station, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Cultural Landscape Report. National Park Service
This document presents the Cultural Landscape Report and Environmental Assessment (CLR/EA) for the Sand Point/ Munising United States Coast Guard (USCG) Life Saving Station at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO). This CLR/EA presents detailed documentation of Sand Point’s historical development, existing condition and contributing features, and provides treatment recommendations that guide the long-term care and stewardship of the cultural landscape. The Sand Point cultural landscape includes buildings, structures, walks, views, vegetation and spatial patterns established by and associated with the USCG. This document establishes a treatment philosophy and framework to provide cohesive recommendations for the cultural landscape. The CLR/EA establishes recommendations that support operational and visitor use, enhance resource condition, support interpretive programming, and streamline compliance for implementation. Sand Point/Munising USCG Life Saving Station was established as one of a series of life saving stations along the shore of Lake Superior. In the late 1800s, the Great Lakes region was experiencing a period of economic growth and the lakes were intensively used for transporting goods. The Sand Point/Munising USCG Life Saving Station was one of the last life saving stations to be built on the Great Lakes, with construction commencing in 1933. From 1933 to 1958 it was an active life saving station. Changes in technology beginning in the 1940s led to the obsolescence of life saving stations including the Sand Point/Munising USCG Life Saving Station. It was demobilized in 1946 and officially decommissioned in 1961. This document is complemented by a Historic Structures Report (HSR), under separate cover, that details the development, condition of and treatment for the significant buildings.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Mundus Bishop; National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2017-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MWR , PIRO
- Keywords
- archeology, boathouse and launchway, Chatham design, Coast Guard, ethnograhy, lifeboat station, lifessaving station design, lookout tower, maritime heritage, maritime transportation, Michigan, Munising Life Saving Station, navigation, Oil House, Ojibwe
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 500319: Munising Coast Guard Station