Whitefish Point Harbor, MI

Whitefish Point is located on the south shore of Lake Superior 40 miles northwesterly from Sault St. Marie, Michigan and 53 miles easterly from Grand Marais.  Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 2, 1945.  The existing project provides for two converging breakwaters 140 feet apart at their outer ends, having lengths of 587 feet and 507 feet for the north and south breakwater, respectively; a 270-foot wave absorbing breakwater inside the harbor; a basin within the breakwaters 12 feet deep with a maximum width of 230 feet and a length of 625 feet.