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}} The Seul Choix Light is a lighthouse located in the northwest corner of Lake Michigan in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. The station was established in 1892 with a temporary light,〔(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.〕 and this light started service in 1895, and was fully automated in 1972. It is an active aid to navigation.〔 There is now a museum at the light and both the building and the grounds are open for (visitors ) from Memorial Day until mid-October.〔(Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, a full history of this light. )〕 ==History== This location is the only harbor of refuge in a long and dangerous stretch of coast; the translation of the French name is "only choice" so it is clear that it was used as a refuge by the early French traders in this area. Local references〔Gulliver County Historical Society, (Seul Choix Point ), visitation data and travel directions〕 state that the correct pronunciation is "Sis-shwa", assumed to be the common name used by both the French Voyageurs and the Native Americans with whom they traded furs. In the 1880s, there was increased maritime traffic between the harbors on Lake Michigan's western shore and Green Bay on the one hand, and the Straits of Mackinac on the other. Although the St. Helena Island Light marked the western entry into the Straits, and Poverty Island Light lighted the entrance to the Bays de Noc, there were no lighthouses to aid mariners navigating a dark stretch of coastline on the southern shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The navigation season along this shoreline often began and ended with treacherous storms. Waves would build as they traversed the lake, making shelter a matter of life and death. Thus, mariners would seek shelter on the leeward side of points protruding into the lake along this stretch of unlighted shore. The United States Lighthouse Board sought to mark the sheltering harbor, and provide a visual waypoint between the two existing lights. After considerable investigation and delay, the result was the building of this lighthouse. It also included a separate fog horn building, and a life saving station.〔 Although it was built two decades later, the design of this light is similar to the Au Sable Light which was designed by Orlando M. Poe,〔 which also resembles the Grosse Point Light The building is designed in Italianate architecture. The original optic was a fixed third-order Henry-LePaute Fresnel lens . After its removal in 1973, it was housed in the Steamship Valley Camp Museum in Sault Ste. Marie, but is now in a private collection according to a sign in the keeper's dwelling.〔(Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse Friends, Seul Choix Light. )〕 When the light was automated,the original lens was removed and an aerobeacon was emplaced〔(Roberts, Bruce; Jones, Ray. (September 2002) ''American Lighthouses, 2nd: A Definitive Guide'' p. 270 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press 304 pp ) ISBN 1-59223-102-0; ISBN 978-1-59223-102-7; ISBN 978-0-7627-2269-3.〕 The light was replaced with a DCB-224 aero beacon〔 manufactured by the Carlisle & Finch Company.〔(Carlisle & Finch Company. )〕 In this configuration, its characteristic is a white flash every six seconds, which is visible for a distance of in clear weather conditions, like the original lens. In 1973, the Coast Guard closed the station, and left the automated light unmanned.〔 Putting aside questions of nostalgia, aesthetics, or appreciation for the engineering of a bygone era (as exemplified by the Fresnel lens), this iteration of lighthouse illumination is itself incredibly effective, and an endangered remnant of another bygone era.〔(Trapani, Bob, ''DCB-36 Beacon... Fading Away and All but Forgotten by History'', Stormherocs.com. )〕 The site includes two brick oil houses, a workshop, barn, cistern in lighthouse keeper's house, converted boathouse (now a garage), a second keepers house, two outhouses, and a dock.〔(Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy, Seul Choix Light. )〕 On July 19, 1984, the site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Reference #84001846 as Seul Choix Pointe Light Station (U.S. Coast Guard/Great Lakes TR).〔National Park Service (Inventory of Historic Lights, Maritime Heritage Project, Seul Choix Pointe Light. )〕 In 1987 it was also listed on the state registry.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seul Choix Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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