Manistee Pierhead lights are a pair of active aids to navigation located on the north and south pier in the harbor of Manistee , Michigan , " Lake Michigan ’s Victorian Port City . " The first light was on the south pier in 1870 . Unfortunately , it burnt in the Great fire of 1871 , October 8 , 1871 , along with the town of Manistee . Coincidentally , Manistee burnt on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire , Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin , and fires in Port Huron and Holland , Michigan
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Manistee Pierhead lights