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Volunteering on Lake Superior

Be keeper of the light or a watcher of wolves.

If you want to live in a lighthouse this summer, now is the time to shine a light on your qualifications.

The national-park service has posted volunteer positions at national parks and monuments around the nation, and some of the most enticing are on Lake Superior.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has the most lighthouses and the most keeper positions, on Sand, Devils and Michigan Island (pictured), which has two lighthouses. The park service also needs live-in helpers on Oak and Manitou islands.

In Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the remote Au Sable Light needs a volunteer keeper.

The park service also is looking for backpacking helpers for Isle Royale's famous wolf-moose study and fur-trade interpreters at Grand Portage National Monument. If you've got the time, seize the moment.

For more, see Volunteer vacations and Living in a lighthouse.

Last updated on January 14, 2010