New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge this weekend, Oct. 19-20 This weekend you can visit 10 participating lighthouses, three life-saving stations, and one museum, while supporting the ongoing preservation of these historic beacons, during the 20th annual Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 and 20. All participating sites are open during the… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Door County Fall Lighthouse Festival this weekend, Oct. 12-13 Door County has one of the highest concentrations of lighthouses of any county in the U.S., and visitors can see all 11 of them by foot or boat at the Door County Maritime Museum’s Fall Lighthouse Festival. The Festival weekend include land-based, boat, and adventure tours… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Captain Joshua K. Card reporting from Light Station Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire. Today I want to tell you about a female light keeper over New York way whose career overlapped with mine. Nancy Rose was the faithful keeper at Stony Point on the Hudson River for more than a half century. Stony Point, a small… Continue reading The Kaptain’s Kolumn #22
Gasparilla Island Lighthouse (FL) Tours on Oct. 14 and 27 There will be rare docent-led tours of the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse, Florida, a.k.a. Port Boca Grande Lighthouse, from 9 a.m. to noon on October 14 and 27. All proceeds support the continuing restoration and preservation of this historical treasure. Click here for more information Click… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Ribbon cutting for new Lighthouse Park in Marquette, MI Marquette City Mayor Fred Stonehouse performed the official ribbon cutting Thursday on Marquette’s newest park, officially named Lighthouse Park. “This is a wonderful park for the people in the City of Marquette. It really is a prime piece of property. . . . It’s a place… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Celebration of new owner of Duxbury Pier Lighthouse (MA) On Saturday, September 14, the deed to Duxbury Pier Light Station, better known on Boston’s South Shore as “Bug Light,” was officially transferred to Project Gurnet & Bug Lights, Inc., from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Saturday’s celebration took place aboard the paddle-wheeler Pilgrim Belle,… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 14) is Maine Open Lighthouse Day This popular annual event, which is sponsored by the United States Coast Guard, the Maine Office of Tourism and the American Lighthouse Foundation, attracts between 15,000 to 18,000 visitors each year and offers the general public the rare opportunity to climb and learn about over two… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
Superior Entry Light, a.k.a Wisconsin Point Light, bought at auction by executive from San Francisco for $159,000 A historic lighthouse perched on the shore of Lake Superior has a new owner: a 34-year old tech industry executive from San Francisco, who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and has a soft spot for Thoreau. “What’s really important… Continue reading Lighthouse News of the Week
The Long Island Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society presents the return of the Beacons of the Night sunset/moonlight lighthouse cruise. Lighthouses seen will include Long Beach Bar, Orient Point, Plum Island, Little Gull Island, and Race Rock. Narration will be by chapter president and author of Long Island’s Lighthouses, Past and Present, Robert G.… Continue reading U.S. Lighthouse Society 35th Anniversary Cruise of Long Island, NY – Sept. 28, 2019, at 4 p.m.
Friends of Flying Santa, Inc., was formed in 1997 to help ensure the future of the annual Christmas flights to New England’s U.S. Coast Guard units and lighthouses. The aerial visits of Flying Santa to lighthouses and lifesaving stations have been a New England tradition since 1929. On Saturday, September 28, 2019, there will be… Continue reading PORTLAND (Maine) – CASCO BAY LIGHTHOUSE CRUISE for Friends of Flying Santa
