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Posts Tagged: Fog Signal Whistle

Return of the Fog Signal Whistle

Return of the Fog Signal Whistle

Posted April 21, 2017

A piece of Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse has been missing since 1957 – a fog signal whistle. Our Museum Historian, Craig Wilson, describes the history of the signal whistle and provides a demonstration of the whistle and what guests can expect this summer.

 

Tags: Fog Signal Whistle, History, Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, Straits of Mackinac, Straits of Mackinac Shipwrecks

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