2023 Events

We are now open for the 2023 season, we look forward to welcoming you--our visitors, Museum Society members, and loyal volunteers--for another exciting season! 

Are you a local looking for events sponsored by Presque Isle community groups or a visitor looking for fun events during your vacation in Presque Isle?  Visit the Presque Isle Happenings calendar for all the fun and exciting events in Presque Isle!

New Presque Isle Lighthouse in the distance. In the foreground a tree with a sweeping tree branch.

Protection by Elisa Schulz

Second Place Juror’s Award, 2022 Presque Isle Lighthouses Photo Contest

Contests

Presque Isle Lighthouses Photo Contest 


May 26, 2023 – September 4, 2023

Welcome all photographers, regardless of skill level or experience!


To celebrate the beauty and history of our beautiful historic lighthouses, the Presque Isle Township Museum Society is hosting their annual photo contest. Submit your best photos and help celebrate the beauty and history of these special places.


Photos will be accepted: May 26, 2023 @ 12:01 am – September 4, 2023 @ 11:59pm

People’s Choice Award Online Voting on Facebook: September 7-12

Winners Announced: September 15 - 18


Submit photos to photocontest@presqueislelighthouses.org


Contest Rules


Awards

People’s Choice Award

Old PI Lighthouse

New PI Lighthouse


Juror’s Awards

New Lighthouse

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

Old Lighthouse

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place


Winning photos for Juried 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and People’s Choice award in each category will be featured on the PITMS website and social media.


Past winning photos may be viewed HERE.

Presque Isle Lighthouses Youth Art Contest 


May 26, 2023 - September 16, 2023

Presque Isle Township Museum Society (PITMS) invites students in grades K-8 to participate in the 2023 Presque Isle Lighthouses Youth Art Contest.


REQUIREMENTS


DIVISIONS


SUBMISSION


Contest sponsors retain the right to use artwork submitted to this contest for educational, outreach, and promotional non-commercial use. Any use of artwork will include credit to the student. Credit for students will be identified by first name/last initial only. All winning artwork and honorable mentions will be posted on the PITMS website and in social media. Personal identifiable information on the entry form will be held securely and not released to any outside individual or organization.


Past winning artwork may be viewed HERE.


Enter our Summer Raffle 


May 26, 2023 – September 4, 2023

Local artist Janet Hainstock Straley has generously donated a large-format Giclée print of her “portrait” of the New Presque Isle Lighthouse for our summer raffle. Out of the Woods 1870–New Light Presque Isle is a framed limited edition print, numbered and signed by the artist, 15” x 30”.  Janet has personal ties to our lighthouses: her great-great-grandfather was Patrick Garrity, Sr., keeper of both the Old and New Presque Isle Lights. 

Tickets are $5 each or $20 for 5 and will be sold from May 26 to September 4. The winning ticket will be drawn at the 1905 House on September 4 at 3:00 pm; winner need not be present.

Tickets are available from our Board members, at the Presque Isle Harbor Wooden Boat Show, Concerts at the Lighthouse, or by contacting us at pilighthouses@gmail.com or leave a message at 989.787.0814.

Raffle Permit Number: X08478

Events

Come Get to Know Us!


Thursday, May 18, 4:00 pm 5:00 pm

Birch Hill Grocery Community Room 

8121 E Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle


Presque Isle Township Museum Society is celebrating 26 years of serving our community, come

RSVP (appreciated but not required)--pilighthouses@gmail.com

Event Flyer


Saturday, June 17, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Presque Isle State Harbor, 5477-5823 E Grand Lake Rd, Presque Isle, MI 49777

Presque Isle Independence Day Parade and Celebration 


Saturday, July 1

Parade and Community Celebration
New Lighthouse  Park
Saturday, July 1 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Fireworks
Presque Isle Harbor
Saturday, July 1 @ Dusk

Concerts at the New Lighthouse


Wednesday, July 5, 12, 19, 26 and August 2

6:00 pm

Sponsored by Presque Isle Township Parks and Recreation Committee.

Food truck- Mike Darga

Kids arts and crafts table by Presque Isle Township Museum Society.

July 5- Steve Rea and Friends

July 12- Saddle Tramps

July 19- Birch Road Band

July 26- June Street Riot

August 2- Waylen Hanel

Adopt-A-Highway

Saturday, July 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Help us keep Presque Isle beautiful and clean! 

We’ll be doing a roadside cleanup of E. Grand Lake Rd. from Rt 638 to the New Lighthouse Park. Meet in the parking lot at Presque Isle Harbor Marina. 

Annual Meeting of the Presque Isle Township Museum Society

Saturday, August 5

More information to be posted in July.

Aerial view of New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park with the 1870 Presque Isle Lighthouse and 1905 Keeper's House on a fall day with colored leaves on the trees.

2023 Michigan Lighthouse Festival -- Featuring New Presque Isle Lighthouse

August 4 - 6, 2023

Schedule and Tickets are available HERE


There will be a craft fair at the New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park on Saturday, August 5. We are looking for vendors for the craft fair. There is no charge for booths. If interested email Sherry Milstein at maritime.market@presqueislelighthouses.org.

Friday, August 4

NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER

500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan

6:30 pm

Ticket Required

Drinks and Hors d'Oevures

Guest Speaker - Jeff Shook, "Lil Red"

Entertainer - Dan Hall, Maritime Musician

Presentation - Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

 

Saturday, August 5

NEW PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE PARK

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Free Admission

Mari-time Market


NEW PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE PARK: GARRITY HALL

Guest Speakers

Ticket Required


10:00 AM

Brian Lijewski, Architect Specialist, S.H.P.O.

Topic - Grants for Lighthouses and Historical Places

 

11:15 AM

Ginger Schultz, Manager - Mission Point Lighthouses

Topic -  How to be a Lighthouse Keeper

 

1:00 PM 

Patricia Majher, Author - Ladies of the Lights

 

NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER

500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan

Ticket Required


4:30 to 5:30 PM

Guest Speaker - Augustin Fresnel


6:00 PM

Lighthouse Cruise on the glass bottom boat Lady Michigan

5:45 PM  Board the Lady Michigan

6:00 PM  Depart on Lady Michigan

 

Sunday, August 6

NOAA’s GREAT LAKES MARITIME HERITAGE CENTER

500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena, Michigan

Ticket Required

 

9:00 - 11:00 AM

Fare Sailings Brunch

Meet and Say "Farewell" to Your Lighthouse (New & Old) Friends!

Adopt-A-Beach

Saturday, September 16 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Help us keep Presque Isle beautiful and clean! 

The Museum Society is participating in the Adopt-a-Beach program sponsored by the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Every year, thousands of Adopt-a-Beach volunteers come together to keep our Great Lakes beaches clean. Check in at Garrity Hall at New Presque Isle Lighthouse Park. 


Autumn Lights Festival

Saturday, October 14 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

More info to come.

Presque Isle Happenings Calendar

Are you a local looking for events sponsored by Presque Isle community groups or a visitor looking for fun events during your vacation in Presque Isle?  You have come to the right place!

The calendar can be viewed by week, month or as an agenda. Click on a calendar event for details.

If you are using a Safari browser, you may see a "reCAPTCHA" validation rather than a calendar depending on your Cross Site Tracking setting, for those users the calendar may be accessed HERE.

To submit events to be published on the calendar, email the information to webmaster@presqueislelighthouses.org.

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