For today's posting I'll continue with the pictures taken by my sister and I when we explored the southern Upper Peninsula last weekend. Our first stop on the Lake Michigan shoreline was the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse (pronounced sis-shwa), More than a hundred years ago a group of French fur traders were canoeing across Lake Michigan when they were confronted with a tremendous storm. They desperately looked for a harbor of refuge on the rocky and rugged shore when they found the small protected inlet. They named it Seul Choix, which means "only choice." The Gulliver Historical Society now maintains the property, which includes the lighthouse that is still operational to help guide boats and ships past the dangerous and rocky shoreline.
Fish net reel and other artifacts...
The gift shop that was supposed to be open until mid-October, but was not.
We walked over to the dock area....
Cool bird house....
The fog signal building...
Then we walked the trail to the shoreline...
Limestone rock dominated the shore...
At first I thought that pebble rocks filled the gaps between the limestone rock, but when we looked closer we realized that it was shell fragments.
Driving to the lighthouse there were farms, all with rock piles around the perimeter.
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