Port Sanilac Light placement and the unique shape were dictated by and created because of budgetary constraints (Congress appropriated only half the money requested). Designed by Eleventh District Engineer Captain Charles E. L. B. Davis, the design has been called "both unique and architecturally significant in its elegance." The tower is white with a red roof. This "handsome" lighthouse shares its design with only one other, Ile Aux Galets, also known as Skilligallee Island Light, on Lake Michigan. The Port Sanilac Light tower is capped with a cast iron lantern room, which still houses a fourth order Fresnel lens manufactured by Barbier and
Akka (ship) Akka (ship) MV Akka was a cargo ship built in 1942 at Stockholm and measured 5,409 gross tons. On 4 April 1956, "Akka" left Oxelosund with a cargo of iron ore bound for Glasgow. The ship entered the Clyde on 9 April 1956 and that evening ran onto the rocks. With the ship damaged and taking on water fast, Captain Sundin gave the order to abandon ship. Minutes after running aground "Akka" turned to port side and collapsed, hitting a number of lifeboats which were attempting to move away from the ship. Three crewmen were killed on site, with a