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Mackinaw City tourism writes that the shoreline was the site of a massacre in 1662 whose dead are said to walk the coast, and that a visitor in the 1990s encountered a child's ghost; a three-year-old girl was killed by a bear nearby in 1948. Source: Mackinaw City Tourism.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The current brick light was built in 1870 after the 1855–56 original was torn down (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
These are reported legends, not verified events. The creepiness score (1–5) is Spook Atlas's own editorial rating, not a measurement.
Then and now
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Public access
Partly open The Forest Service's listing copy gives June–October (USDA Forest Service); museum-side sources put the opening in May: Bay Mills Indian Community, which manages operations, says late May to mid-October (Destination Bay Mills), and the Lake Superior Circle Tour lists May 16–Oct 7 (Lake Superior Circle Tour). Checked Nov 1, 2026. (checked Nov 1, 2026). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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