Ontario's Coppermine Point and Whitefish Point in the United States define the entrance to Whitefish Bay, the southeastern extreme of Lake Superior. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the freighter that went down on November 10, 1975 with a crew of twenty-nine, lies roughly thirteen miles west of Coppermine Point and fifteen miles north of Whitefish Point...
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Visitor Info
From Sault Ste. Marie, take ON-17 (Trans-Canada Highway) north and continue for 86. 4 km (54 miles) to Hibbard Bay, where you will find Coppermine Point Lighthouse alongside the highway. The lighthouse is privately owned. Grounds open, tower closed.