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White Shoal Lighthouse; Mackinaw City, MI. Lake Michigan ... WHITE SHOAL LIGHT ... National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001391; Name of Listing: WHITE SHOAL LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES; TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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For a larger map of White Shoal Lighthouse, click the lighthouse in the above map or get a map from: Mapquest. Travel Instructions: This light must be visited by boat or viewed from the air. Westbound lighthouse cruises offered by Shepler's pass by the White Shoal Lighthouse.
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White Shoal Lighthouse, photo by AdamMI88. ... On his White Shoal Lighthouse page, Terry relates that beginning in October of 1891, the Lightship LV56 anchored at White Shoal during the shipping season for 19 years. Finally in 1907 funds were appropriated for a permanent lighthouse:
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The Cape Cod Store.com's Lighthouse Encyclopedia's listing for White Shoal Lighthouse on the Manitou Passage near Mackinaw City, Michigan. Includes lighthouse info, history, photos and links to other websites containing information about the lighthouse. ... White Shoal Lighthouse, Mackinaw City, MI (Lower Peninsula);
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White Shoal Lighthouse was built in 1855 and was one of three screwpiles lighted on February 6 in the James River. The lighthouse was located below Sandy Point on the lower end of the shoal and on the right side of the main channel heading upriver near Newport News, Virginia.
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White Shoal Light; By Dave Wobser ... 56 that had marked the shoal since 1891. Lightship No. 56 was one of the first three lightship stations in Great Lakes. The nearby Waugoshance Shoal Light was abandoned in 1912 after White Shoal Light ... Like Gray’s Reef, the White Shoal Lighthouse is only visible from a boat.
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