6' 6" Seul Choix Lighthouse by Sea-Lites
Visitors and workers at the lighthouse complex have reported strange happenings, including moved silverware and other items, footsteps, the strong smell of cigars and the sound of someone climbing the lighthouse steps. Many believe that a lighthouse keeper is still at work.
Seul Choix (pronounced Sis-shwa) Point Light marks a small harbor on Lake Michigan located on the south shore of the Upper Peninsula. Some sixty miles west of the Straits, the name means "only choice".
Native Americans and French fur traders traveled in canoes across the rough waters of Lake Michigan. It was named by the French who found that it was the only harbor of refuge in this part of Lake Michigan. If boats were headed for the Straits of Mackinac, the only choice for safety was Seul Choix.
During the mid-1800's Seul Choix Point was the center of a thriving fishing community, but today, only the lighthouse complex is still active. The light still operates, but with an automated replacement for its original lens. The light was placed into service in 1892, but the tower had to be rebuilt and the station was not entirely completed until September, 1895.
The tower is surmounted by a 10-sided cast iron lantern that originally held a Third Order Fresnel lens manufactured by Le Paute of Paris. The lantern is now fitted with a modern airport beacon lens.
Our custom-crafted Seul Choix lighthouses are just like the original! They feature the same precise detail as the real Seul Choix Lighthouse.- We add windows and doors for authenticity
- Our lens, windows, doors and corbels are a high technology injection molded plastic with fine detail
- Comes with flasher lamp, waterproof exterior, grounded electrical wiring and the highest quality paints and finishes
- No assembly required
- Lifetime warranty
- Height: 6 ft. 6 in.
- Lighthouse Construction Information
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