1. Chart of St. Clair Flats showing the positions of light house & beacon : now in course of erection and the channel excavated in 1857 & 1858 under the direction of Capt. A.W. Whipple, Corps of Topl. Engineers : the new channel was surveyed on the 6th & 7th Sept. 1858 Yale Public content 1858. 2011-02-11T17:02:26Z. 2017-06-29T15:14:08Z. United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. Engraved in the Engineer Bureau. English. Public. Saint Clair Flats (Mich.) and Saint Clair, Lake (Mich. and Ont.).