When the Coast Guard closed the station, local residents vandalized the original equipment that dated back to 1876 that the Coast Guard left behind.
 The station was sold to private owners in 1947 for the sum of $17,000.
 It was reported that motorcycle gangs frequented the station in the 1950s and “hippies” took up summer residence in the 1960s.
 Four-wheel drive vehicles and snowmobiles destroyed much of the beach grass surrounding the old station in the 1970s.
When the Coast Guard closed the station, local residents vandalized the original equipment that dated back to 1876 that the Coast Guard left behind.  The station was sold to private owners in 1947 for the sum of $17,000.  It was reported that motorcycle gangs frequented the station in the 1950s and “hippies” took up summer residence in the 1960s.  Four-wheel drive vehicles and snowmobiles destroyed much of the beach grass surrounding the old station in the 1970s.
Vermilion Point