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Museum
Hours and Tower Tours
Memorial Day through mid October 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Seven days
a week (depending upon availability of volunteer tour guides)
Private groups tours upon request.
Call (906) 283-3860 May-Sept.
(906) 283-3317 Oct-April
Schools can book Christmas tours early at (906) 283-3317 |
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Working together and caring for the past...
The Seul Choix Point Lighthouse
is operated by the Gulliver Historical Society in cooperation with the Department
of Natural Resources. Funded by the Society, moneys are generated from Federal
and State grants, private donations, fund-raisers, memorials, gift shop
sales, historic book sales and the Adopt a Step or Brick program. The restoration
of this site is being assisted by dedicated volunteers within the community.
Our goal is to preserve the structures and promote an awareness and appreciation
of the unique maritime history this light played in the Gulliver area.
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On display
in the museum, is a true scale model (1/2 inch=1 foot) replica of the Seul
Choix Point Lighthouse, built by Carl Holbrook, Gulliver, MI. The model
is 4 ft. x 4 ft. and stands over 3 ft, tall, The model is extremely detailed;
every brick, stone, window, stair, eves, porch, Fresnel lens and tower all
measure to exact scale. Enclosed in a large glass case, this is a major
attraction you won't want to miss.
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Representations of
all aspects of the area's history have been obtained and are free to
view in the Fog Signal building, Gulliver
Historical Museum One
artifact is a well preserved dugout canoe, one of the rarest finds to be
uncovered in the Midwest.
Take a walk into the past as you stroll through the lightkeeper's living
quarters. Rooms have been decorated, as they would have appeared in the
1900-1930 period. A rare find, the uniform of R. Rosie, lightkeeper in 1941,
is displayed next to a table setting of original china and stemware used
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the park grounds is the restored miniature birdhouse replica of the lighthouse
built by Willard Hansom when he was approximately 16 years old (son of keeper
W. Hanson, 1925). |
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