Another "winter project" ready to head out to the station courtesy of long-term volunteer Doug Noren. Doug replicated a missing drawer. All of the pantries in the Keeper's Quarters building are substantial, but the officer's quarters one is particularly nice with these built in drawers as well as shelves. Keepers had to be fairly self-sufficient due to the distance from shore. They baked bread, canned vegetables grown in island gardens, smoked fish, used powered milk (as the propane refrigerators were smallish), etc. The pantries were important! (fb)

A photo of Frank M Bourissau, son of long-serving keeper Lewis Bourissau, brother of keepers Lewis & James Bourissau. He served both the "old" and "new" lights at South Fox from 1924 through 1937. He went on to serve at Ludington's North Breakwater Light, Milwaukee's North Breakwater Light and Chicago Harbor before being promoted to Muskegon's South Pierhead light as head keeper in 1948. He was the light's final keeper and retired in 1961. Excerpts from an oral history with his son Zane's recollections of his time at South Fox are contained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnPelzM5DKw (fb)