Today, it operates as part of the Mackinac State Historic Parks and is open for tours. Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse: Constructed in 1892, this light was decommissioned in 1957 when the Mackinac Bridge was complete.Public tours are also available throughout the summer inside these lights: VIP tours are offered on a limited basis for groups of up to six people through the White Shoal Light Historical Preservation Society. Automated in 1972 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Workers lived in a structure at the site one of the limiting conditions. It took four years to build because weather limited work to mostly the summer season. Because of the challenges of building on a shoal, including laying an underwater crib, it is said to be the "most spectacular engineering achievement" in lighthouse construction on Lake Huron. It stands 11 miles east of the Straits of Mackinac at the northern end of Lake Huron.
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The White Shoal Light is the prominent design element in the "Save Our Lights" license plate for the State of Michigan the sale of which helps fund lighthouse preservation. White Shoal: Built in 1910, this towering 124-foot tall red-and-white “candy cane” striped light is located about 20 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge and is only visible from the water.Throughout the Mackinaw City region, six of these lighthouses are open for public tours-including White Shoal and Spectacle Reef for the first time ever. Standing majestically against the backdrop of the Great Lakes, these lights remain a testament to the state’s early maritime history. Michigan has more lighthouse than any other state (at nearly 120) and the Straits of Mackinac is home to more than a dozen of these historic navigational aids.
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