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Ile Aux Galets
Ile Aux Galets, also known as ''Skillagallee'' or ''Skillagalee Island'', is located in northeast Lake Michigan, between Beaver Island and the mainland, approximately northwest of Cross Village in Emmet County, Michigan. The island's Ile Aux Galets Light warns passing ships of a dangerous gravel shoal extending almost to the east and to the northwest,〔(Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses. )〕 that poses an imminent hazard to navigation.〔(Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Skillagallee Island Light Station. )〕
==History==
The islet is home to a significant colony of ring-billed gulls. Its name, given by early French explorers, means "Isle of Pebbles."〔(Wobser, David, boatnerd.com, Ile Au Galets, Skillagalee Island Lighthouse. )〕 It is said that the English speakers found the French name unpronounceable, and "Ile aux Galets"—soon misheard, misunderstood and mispronounced—transmuted into "Skillagalee" (or some variant) which took hold. By the "mid 1800's references to the original French name all but disappeared."〔(Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Skillagallee Island Light Station. ) This is similar to the mutation of "Seul Choix Harbor" into 'sishwa' or the development of the peculiarly named Waugoshance Light.〕
There are many wrecks near Skillagalee island. However, on September 27, 1850, the loss of the A.D. Patchin—a wood sidewheeler, long and built in Trenton, Michigan in 1846—led to the construction of the first light on the island. Loaded with general goods, the Patchin's course into Grays Reef Passage was disrupted by currents that pulled her onto Skillagalee's shore. Her crew escaped and was rescued, but foul winds and weather thwarted many attempts to set her free. She was "pounded to pieces, becoming yet another of Lake Michigan's many victims."〔
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