White City: Michigan’s Lost Amusement Park

Описание: Once, there was a thriving amusement park on the shores of Michigan's Lake Superior: White City. Today, there's not even a ruin — so, what happened to this place?

I ventured out to White City on a deeply cold, windy January day to see what's left of this place, and to learn more about the story behind it. And along the way, I found that many of today's amusement parks... have a different origin than I ever suspected.

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Here are some of my key research sources on White City, the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entry Light, amusement parks in Michigan in the early 1900s, and more:
https://blogs.mtu.edu/archives/2022/0...
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/KeweenawGeoher...
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/KeweenawGeoher...
"Superior Entertainment: Historic Amusement Parks in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula" by S. Moray
https://www.lighthousefriends.com/lig...
https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/light...

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