.jpg) Seul Choix Light (August 2017) | |
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| Location | Schoolcraft County, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 45°55′17″N 85°54′43″W / 45.92139°N 85.91194°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1892  |
| Foundation | Ashlar stone[4] |
| Construction | Brick, Italianate bracketing |
| Automated | 1972 |
| Height | 77 feet (23 m)[1] |
| Shape | Frustum of a cone, attached keeper's house |
| Markings | White orig./White/black markings/red roofs |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, Michigan state historic site |
| Fog signal | Diaphone (not active, on display) |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1892 |
| Focal height | 80 feet (24 m)[2] |
| Lens | Third order Fresnel lens (original), Vega Industries Marine LED Beacon (current) |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[3] |
| Characteristic | white flash every 6 seconds |
Seul Choix Pointe Light Station | |
 U.S. Coast Guard photo c1915 | |
| Nearest city | Manistique, Michigan |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architect | Orlando M. Poe |
| Architectural style | Italianate bracketing |
| MPS | USCG Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001846[5] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
| Designated MSHS | August 21, 1987 |
The Seul Choix Light is a lighthouse located in the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Schoolcraft County, Michigan.[3][6] The station was established in 1892 with a temporary light,[7] and this light started service in 1895, and was fully automated in 1972. It is an active aid to navigation.[3] There is now a museum at the light and both the building and the grounds are open for visitors from Memorial Day until the middle of October.[8]
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Tower Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ Pepper, Terry. "Database of Focal Heights". Seeing the Light. terrypepper.com.
- ^ a b c Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. p. 212.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Michigan". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Seul Choix Pointe Light.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Roach, Jerry, Lighthouse Central, Photos of the Seul Choix Light, The Ultimate Guide to Upper Michigan Lighthouses (Publisher: Bugs Publishing LLC - 2007). ISBN 978-0-9747977-2-4.
- ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, a full history of this light.