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The haunted Seul Choix Point Lighthouse was built
in 1892, but the tower had to rebuilt, so the lighthouse was
officially completed in 1895. Seul Choix (Sis-Shwa)
means "only choice" and marks a small harbor on Lake
Michigan. French fur traders gave the name used for the
lighthouse, as the area was the "only choice" for safety if
boats were headed to the Straits of Mackinac. Today,
only the haunted lighthouse is active in area that was once a
bustling fishing community.
All of the original
buildings stand today, including explosives storehouses, a fog
signal building, and the two-family, red brick, keeper's house
attached to the lighthouse tower. Still operational
today, the haunted Seul Choix Point Lighthouse was automated
by the US Coast Guard in the 1970's, and the site now houses a
museum which is open from Memorial Day to mid-October, seven
days a week.
Visitors to the
lighthouse have experienced some haunted happenings, such as
items being moved, and the sound of footsteps climbing
the tower stairs, as if a lighthouse keeper is still on
duty. But more than a lighthouse keeper is thought to
haunt the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse!
A former
lighthouse keeper's brother used to visit Seul Choix Point and
was captain of a ship. Captain James Townshend fell ill
suddenly during one of his visits with his brother Joseph, and
eventually died at the keeper's house. His body was
embalmed in the house basement, and put on display for quite
some time until family and friends could make their journey to
the isolated Seul Choix Point and pay their final
respects.
Since that time, many a visitor has
experienced the smell of what is presumably the Captain's
cigars, as well as his humor. Tour guides say he likes
to turn the hat backwards on the mannequin dressed as a
lighthouse keeper, and hide some cigars in the pockets of the
jacket, from time to time.
Does the good Captain
Townshend spend his days and nights at the lighthouse at Seul
Choix Point? Could his brother be the keeper who is
still on duty at the haunted lighthouse? You
decide...
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Website content Haunted Seul Choix Point
Lighthouse Copyright 2004-7
Photograph courtesy of the USCG.
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