Light Hearted Lite #34: Lee Radzak, Split Rock, Minnesota
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<figcaption>Lee Radzak</figcaption></figure>Split Rock Lighthouse, on a 127-foot-high cliff on the northwest shore of Lake Superior, began service in 1910. The light station is now the centerpiece of 2200-acre Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. Lee Radzak became the lighthouse site manager in November 1982. Over the next 36 years, he and his wife Jane raised a son and a daughter, marveled at the lake’s beauty, endured gigantic storms, and answered the questions posed by more than four million visitors.
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<figcaption>Split Rock Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.</figcaption></figure><figure class="alignleft size-large is-resized">
</figure>After retiring in 2019, Lee began work on a new book — The View from Split Rock: A Lighthouse Keeper’s Life. The book, which was co-written by journalist and author Curt Brown, takes readers into the life of a modern-day lighthouse keeper at Split Rock. This is an edited version of an interview that was first heard in episode 127 in July 2021.
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