WLC Marine Radio Company records

The 65 log books from the marine radio station WLC in Rogers City, Michigan, document daily operations from 1923 through 1930 of one of the earliest such navigational aid facilities on the Great Lakes. Vessels traveling Lake Huron off the Michigan shore received weather data and other navigational assistance from the radio telephone operators at WLC. Distress calls are recorded along with routine business matters. The daily entries over an eight-year period provide a detailed account of how such a station operated. This time capsule is of interest to researchers studying the development of navigational assistance techniques on the Great Lakes.