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Whitefish Point Light

Shelldrake, MI · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationShelldrake, MI (Chippewa County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number14530
Light characteristicFl (2)W 20s
Height of light above water90 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite cylindrical tower.
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 2/28/1973 · Reference #73000947
Position46.77114, -84.95745 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkStandby light of reduced intensity.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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