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Page 151 planking and the S'xlS" interior planking are nailed 7/16" square nails. The wreck lies on the water's edge, bow first, perpendicular and immediately adjacent to the outside edge of the south breakwater wall. There is some controversy as to when and how this wreck first appeared at this site. Some of the older residents of the area claim it has been there for years, but was kept covered by the discharge of sand deposited by the dredges that used to work the channel. However, there is also the story that an imaginative author related wherein the wreck was heaped upon the beach during a storm in the early morning hours of January 11, 1975. Whatever the truth, the fact remains the wreck appeared and is still there. It is a shame that no effort was ever made to salvage this marine artifact that is part of our local heritage. At the time of this writing the wreck is still buried, but maybe as you read this article, the beautiful relic has again re- appeared. Why don't you make a special visit to the White River Light Station Museum and then walk down and check out the wreck? It won't be there forever as the elements and overly enthusiastic souvenir hunters are continually whittling it away. Go see it before it's too late! The museum located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan is a picturesque brick station lighthouse built in 1875-76. The original keeper's dwelling now houses the museum that includes the original fourth order Fresnel lens. It is about five miles west of the city of Whitehall, nestled on a bluff on the southern side of the channel connecting White Lake and Lake Michigan. The wreck is on the Lake Michigan shore about 150 yards away. To get there, exit off US 31, west of White Lake Drive, then to scenic South Shore Drive around White Lake, continuing on to the end of Murray Road where adequate parking is provided adjacent to the museum. Left: Vertical centerboard on July 17, 1984. Right: Vertical centerboard today. Author's Coll.