Somewhere in Time Mackinac Island | Lighthouse The Round Island Light, also known as the “Old Round Island Point Lighthouse” and sometimes referred to as the Mackinac Island Lighthouse, is almost as famous as Mackinac Island itself. It was constructed in 1895 and located on the western shore of Round Island. Located on the Straits of Mackinac just across the shipping lane from Mackinac Island, it is one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world. Thousands of tourists pass within a half mile of the 123 year old lighthouse on ferries each day during the summer season. The lighthouse is one of the first things and one of the last things people see when visiting Mackinac Island by boat. Certainly in 1980, Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) saw the old lighthouse and in 1912, Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) saw the new lighthouse on their journeys to the island’s Grand Hotel. To read the whole story with all images, see Somewhere in Time Mackinac Island | a 7 Image Story.
