 The Crib Light is called a "light" rather than a "lighthouse" because it does not contain a structure in which a keeper lived.The Light was originally built in Lake Huron in 1884 on a "crib", an artificial-island landfill, more than from the Cheboygan shore.It is assumed that the keeper lived in Cheboygan; this would have required him to boat daily to the crib, despite weather conditions, to maintain the kerosene-fired light.