Wabaningo, Michigan
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Wabaningo is a small unincorporated community of Muskegon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated where the White Lake flows through a short navigation channel into Lake Michigan at .
Wabaningo, now a resort community, was settled before 1833. It was first called Sylvan Beach, but the post office, established in 1897, was named Wabaningo, after a local Ottawa chief. The office was closed in 1939 and reopened in 1944. It was made a branch of the Whitehall office in 1954.
It is also the location of the White River Light Station, which includes a lighthouse built in 1875, which now houses a small lighthouse and maritime museum. The original fresnel lense is on display there. See http://www.whiteriverlightstation.org/ for more information.
Sources
- Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names. Wayne State University Press:Detroit, 1986.
- Greene, David
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