Waugoshance Shoal Light
From lighthouses
NW of Waugoshance Island, Michigan
Built: 1851
Decommissioned: 1912
Even though it was once used for target practice during World War II, this decaying structure still stands, barely, at the place where it once warned ships of the dangerous formation near the Straits of Mackinac where the water depth can get to less than twelve feet.
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