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Avery Rock Light was a lighthouse in Avery Rock, Machias Bay, Maine. It was built on a rocky islet, 360.90 feet and 157.48 feet wide, in the middle of Machias Bay accessible only by boat. The old light was a square tower built in 1875 with a gallery and lantern centered on the keeper’s house. The lighthouse was automated in 1926, but it later suffered storm damage in 1947 that was beyond repair which led to its demolition. Remnants of the lighthouse can be seen on the island today.Avery Rock Light2. Baker Island Light is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, Marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. Baker Island Light is a lighthouse on Baker Island, Maine, which is part of Acadia National Park. The light station was established in 1928 as a guide to the southern entrance to Frenchman Bay. The present tower was built in 1855; the well-preserved tower, keeper's house, and associated outbuildings were listed on the National Register of Historic places in 1988.Baker Island Light4. Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located within Acadia National Park in the southwest portion of Mount Desert Island, Maine, marking the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. The Bass Harbor Lighthouse is the only lighthouse on Mount Desert Island with two scenic trails for multiple views of the ocean, cliffs, and the lighthouse. Also known as the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, it was built in 1858, automated in 1974, and is located on the Southern end of the Island, within Acadia National Park. It is one of the few remaining manned and operational lighthouses in the world. It is maintained, and operated by the United States Coast Guard, and provides safe passage for ships sailing around the dangerous rocky coastline.Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse5. Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island near Mount Desrt Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor, Maine. It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation by the Friends of Acadia National Park in 1989. Bear Island Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Bear Island Light Station on March 14, 1988. Eleven-acre Bear Island, near the town of Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island, is one of the island group known as the Cranberry Isles. Nineteenth-century landscape artists, including Frederick Church and Albert Bierstadt, were drawn to Bear Island’s rugged beauty. The historian Charles B. McLane postulated that the island’s name was originally “Bare.” McLane believed that the name stemmed from the island’s treeless appearance from the west rather than the unlikely presence of bears. Congress appropriated $3,000 for the building of a lighthouse on the island in July 1838, and the station went into service in 1839. The first lighthouse building took the form of a wooden tower on the southern end of the roof of a small rubblestone dwelling. John G. Bowen (sometimes spelled “Bowan”) was the first keeper.Bear Island Light6. Boon Island Light is located on the 300-by-700-foot Boon Island off the southern coast of Maine, near Cape Neddick. Boon Island Light has the distinction of being the tallest lighthouse in both Maine and New England at 133 feet. The lighthouse is not open to the public. It can be seen distantly from points along the shore, including Long Sands Beach and Sohier Park in York County, but it is best seen by boat.Boon Island, a tiny outcropping of granite, only two football fields long and fourteen feet above sea level at its highest point, is located six-and-a-half miles off Maine’s southern coast. Its ledges were among the most perilous spots on the eastern seaboard until a lighthouse was stablished there in 1811, following James Madison’s approval. Many link the name Boon Island to the wrecks of the trading vessel Increase in 1682 or the Nottingham Gallery in 1710. Though the crew of the Nottingham Gallery was forced to resort to cannibalism, the survivors of these shipwrecks reputedly credited their rescue to a “boon from God.” However, references to “Boon Island” can be found as early as 1630, which negates those claims. In 1797, the Boston Marine Society requested a day beacon be built on the island. The resultant octagonal wooden tower, built in 1799, was destroyed in a storm five years after construction and was replaced in 1805 by a more substantial stone day beacon. Following two shipwrecks in 1810, a twenty-five-foot tall tower topped by an octagonal lantern was constructed at a cost of $2,377 along with a stone keeper’s house for $150. While the island itself is barren, it has a lush history best told in the words and deeds of its keepers and their families.Boon Island Light7. Blue Hill Bay Light is a lighthouse on Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine. It was first established in 1857. The present skeleton structure was built in 1935. It is also known as "Sand Island Light" or Eggemoggin Light". The original 1857 structure still stands near the current light. It is a white cylindrical tower with an attached keeper's residence. This lighthouse is very difficult to view except by private boat or plane. It can't be seen from Flye Point in Brooklin because Flye Island blocks the view. It is possible, but NOT recommended, to walk out to the island from Flye Point at low tide. This sometimes requires some wading part of the way, and it MUST be timed around low tide. It's about a 40-50 minute walk out to the island. Island Soaring at the Bar Harbor/Hancock County Airport on Route 3 in Trenton offers a lighthouse flight that goes over this lighthouse. During the mid-19th century the town of Ellsworth, on the Union River, was said to be the second-busiest lumber port in the world, and the Blue Hill Bay lighthouse was built to help guide ship traffic to this very busy port.Blue Hill Bay Light8. Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven. The present lighthouse was built in 1857; and was listed on the Nationial Register of Historic Places as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983.Browns Head Light9. Bug Light. The Portland Breakwater Light is a small lighthouse in South Portland, Maine. Bug Light Park is a popular destination for picnicking, boating, kite flying and salt water fishing. Rest rooms are available seasonally. A busy boat launching area (seasonal fees required) and a liberty ship memorial are at opposite ends of the park. In between is a paved walkway along the shore and out to Bug Light itself. Seasonal events include a Kite Festival, Summer Movie Nights, a car show, and a day-long 4th of July celebration culminating with clear views of Portland's fireworks display across the harbor. The park is also available for private functions and events. Portland Breakwater Lighthouse was built in 1875 and is one of Maine's most elegant lighthouses. Though modeled on an ancient Greek monument, it was built with plates of cast iron. It was dubbed "Bug Light" due to its small size. The South Portland Historical Society and Museum can be found near the entrance to Bug Light Park.Bug Light10. The Burnt Coat Harbor Light is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine. It is located at the end of Hockamock Point, a peninsula extending south from the center of the island, dividing the island's main harbor from Toothacker Bay.Burnt Coat Harbor Light Burnt Island Light11. The Burnt Island Light, built in 1821, is the second oldest surviving lighthouse in Maine. It hosts a living history museum run by the state Department of Marine Resources. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Burnt Island Light Station on November 23, 1977. Accessibility: A public tour and educational program is offered in summer. Balmy Days Cruises' Novelty, located at Pier 8 in Boothbay Harbor, serves as the ferry to the island.Burnt Island Light12. Cape Elizabeth Light also known as Two Lights is a lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, at the southwestern entrance to Casco Bay in Maine. Only the eastern tower of the two that made up the light station until 1924 is active. The western tower is deactivated, but it is still standing and is privately owned. The facility is adjacent to Two Lights State Park, a 41-acre state facility which allows a view of, but not access to, the grounds of the lighthouse. Until recently, the light used a second-order Fresnel lens. Cape Elizabeth Light, designed in the Gothic Revival style, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Two Lights on December 27, 1974.Cape Elizabeth Lights13. The Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. In 1874 Congress appropriated $15,000 to build a light station at the "Nubble" and in 1879 construction began. Cape Neddick Light Station was dedicated by the U.S. Lighthouse Service and put into use in 1879. It is still in use today. Plans had been in the works to build a lighthouse on the site since 1837. The tower is lined with brick and sheathed with cast iron. It stands 41 feet (12 m) tall but the light is 88 feet (27 m) above sea level because of the additional height of the steep rocky islet on which it sits. Unusually, the stanchions of the walkway railing around the lantern room are decorated with 4-inch (100 mm) brass replicas of the lighthouse itself.Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light14. Crabtree Ledge Light. Congress appropriated $25,000 in 1886 for a lighthouse to mark dangerous Crabtree Ledge, a mile off Hancock Point in Frenchman Bay. The ledge is named for Agreen Crabtree, a local mariner and fisherman who was captain of a privateering vessel during the American Revolution. An additional $13,000 was appropriated for the lighthouse in 1888 and work began in 1889. The lighthouse helped guide many vessels carrying lumber and granite into the Taunton River, as well as passenger steamers heading to and from the railroad terminus at Hancock Point.Crabtree Ledge Light15. The Cuckolds Light station, known as the Cuckolds Island Fog Signal and Light Station or just Cuckolds Light Station, is a lighthouse located on the eastern pair of islets known as the "Cuckolds" in Lincoln County, Maine.Cuckolds Light16. Curtis Island Light, originally Negro Island Light, is a lighthouse marking the approach to the harbor of Camden, Maine. It is located on Curtis Island, which shelters the harbor from ocean storms. The island is a public park but is accessible only by boat. The lighthouse is not open to the public. It is most easily seen from sightseeing cruises leaving Camden Harbor. It can also be seen from the "Curtis Island Overlook," on Bayview Street, just southeast of the intersection with Beacon Street. Look for the sign and the path leading to the water's edge.Curtis Island Light17. Deer Island Thorofare Light. Deer Island Thorofare is a narrow passage that runs between the southern end of Deer Isle and numerous offshore islands and ledges. This important waterway links East Penobscot Bay to the west with Jericho Bay to the east and is one of many popular inland passages along the coast of Maine. Tiny Mark Island is located at the western entrance to the passage, and in 1855, W.B. Franklin, Lighthouse Inspector for the First District, recommend that $5,000 be requested for establishing a light on the island to “enable vessels to cross Isle au Haute bay, and get into Deer Island thoroughfare.”Deer Island Thorofare Light18. Dyce (Dice) Head Light is a lighthouse in the town of Castine, Maine. First established in 1829, the light was deactivated in 1937 and replaced by a skeleton tower 475 feet (145 m) to the south. When that structure was destroyed by a storm in 2007, however, the old light was reactivated in 2008. The lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to Castine Historic District. Dyce or Dice Head Lighthouse. Limited parking. Enter at your own risk. Rocky and narrow and steep path down to the water. Breathtaking views.Dyce (Dice) Head Light19. Doubling Point Light is a lighthouse on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine. It was established in 1898, fifteen years after the founding of the Bath Iron Works, a major shipbuilder, 1.5 miles upriver.Doubling Point Light20. Doubling Point Range Lights (also known as Kennebec River Range Lights) are located on Arrowsic Island at an important point in the Kennebec River. The lights are positioned at the end of a long, straight section of the river, and when mariners keep the two lights positioned one above the other, they are certain to be in the center of the channel. As a vessel coming upstream nears the lights, the river makes a 90° turn to the west, and then after a half mile another 90° to resume its course north – hence the name Doubling Point. Doubling Point Lighthouse marks the entrance to this tricky double bend in the river for vessels coming downstream. One of the best-known keepers at Doubling Point Range Lights was a retired skipper named Captain Harry L. Nye, who retired from the sea in 1914 to become a lighthouse keeper, first at Seguin Island and then at Doubling Point. During his tenure at the range lights, Nye rescued a number of boats that became stranded on the rocks near the lights. His most spectacular rescue came on December 28, 1927. Four young men were playing on the ice at the mouth of the Sasanoa River, about a mile upstream near the city of Bath, when a large block of ice broke loose. Carried by a strong tide, the ice floe moved quickly downriver toward the open sea with the four boys on top of it. Nye managed to get his boat out in the river, intercept the ice floe, and rescue the four boys. Earlier that year, Nye rescued three people from a disabled motorboat that drifted onto rocks near the range lights. Keeper Nye was awarded the efficiency flag for having the model station in the district in both 1925 and 1930.Doubling Point Range Lights21. Eagle Island Light is a lighthouse on Eagle Island in Penobscot Bay. The tower was first lit in 1838 but had to be torn down because of physical defects. It was rebuilt in 1858 and operated by several families over the next century. In 1959 the light was automated, and five years later, over vehement local protests, the keeper's house was torn down and the bell was removed. The crew that removed the bell lost control of it, and it fell into the Bay. A lobsterman salvaged it some years later and it is on exhibit on Great Spruce Head Island. Today Eagle Light is owned by a nonprofit which provides public access and has restored both the light itself and the square pyramidal bell tower. Along with several other lights in Maine, the growth of trees around the light has made its future problematic.Eagle Island Lighthouse22. East Quoddy (Head Harbor Lighthouse) Lighthouse towering majestically on the eastern tip of Campobello Island stands the "East Quoddy Lighthouse" everyone as the "Head Harbour Lighthouse". Also known as Head Harbour Lightstation, situated on a rocky outcropping at the northern tip of Campobello Island, it is one of the oldest and most photographed Canadian light houses. The station is accessible by foot at low tide, across a narrow walkway. The incoming tide rises 5 feet per hour, and people trying to cross once the tide starts to rise have been swept away and died. Very hazardous. An isolated home in years past, to the many lightkeepers and their families, it stands now unmanned. A victim of technology hovering on the brink of a fate that has befallen other monuments of it's own kind. Proudly looking out over the Bay of Fundy the most photographedlighthouse in the world. What will be it's fate ........ we wonder.East Quoddy (Head Harbor Lighthouse) Lighthouse22. Egg Rock Light is a lighthouse on Frenchman Bay, Maine. Built in 1875, it is one of coastal Maine's architecturally unique lighthouses, with a square tower projecting through the square keeper's house.Egg Rock Light23. The Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal is a fog signal station located on the Kennebec River in Arrowsic, Maine, in Sagadahoc County. It is about 1,100 feet (340 m) SW of the front light of the Doubling Point Range Lights, and about 2,000 feet (610 m) east of Doubling Point Light. The pyramidal bell structure was built in 1914, two years after a large steamship, the Ransom B. Fuller, ran aground in the fog on this section of the river.Fiddler's Reach Fog Signal.24. The Fort Point Light, or Fort Point Light Station, is located in Fort Point State Park, in Stockton Springs, Maine.Fort Point Light25. Franklin Island Light is a lighthouse on Franklin Island, in Muscongus Bay, Maine, USA. It was first established in 1805. The present structure was built in 1855.Franklin Island Lighthouse26. Goat Island Light is a lighthouse located off Cape Porpoise near Kennebunkport in southern Maine. Goat Island Light was established in 1835 to guard the entrance to Cape Porpoise Harbor.Goat Island Light27. Goose Rocks Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located near North Haven, Maine in Penobscot Bay. It stands at the eastern entrance to the Fox Islands Thoroughfare, a busy mile-wide passage separating North Haven from Vinalhaven. Built in 1890, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Goose Rocks Light Station on January 21, 1988. The structure is now privately owned by a preservation group, and remains an active aid to navigation.Goose Rocks Light28. Great Duck Island Light is a lighthouse on Great Duck Island in the town of Frenchboro, Maine. Established in 1890, the light marks the approach to Blue Hill Bay and the southern approaches to Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine.Great Duck Island Lighthouse29. Grindel Point Light (also spelled Grindle Point Light) is a lighthouse in Islesboro, Maine, marking the west entrance to Gilkey Harbor at the westernmost point of the eponymous island. The light station was established in 1850, and the present tower and keeper's house were built in 1874. The station was deactivated in 1934 and reactivated in 1987. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The keeper's house now houses the Grindle Point Sailor's Museum and the lighthouse tower is open for tours in the Grindle Point Light.Grindel Point Light30. Halfway Rock Lighthouse is so named because of its location in the middle of Casco Bay, roughly midway between Cape Elizabeth and Cape Small. With Seguin Island just a short distance up the coast from Cape Small, it may seem that a light at Halfway Rock would be unnecessary, but in a heavy fog local mariners find the seventy-six-foot-tall Halfway Rock Lighthouse indispensable. Lighthouse before being painted white around 1903. As was the case with several nineteenth century lighthouses, local citizens and mariners had to loudly demand a lighthouse for the dangerous site for decades before one was actually built. In the case of Halfway Rock, the delay was thirty-six years.Halfway Rock Lighthouse31. Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established in 1829, and its present structures date to 1875. It was deactivated in 1933, but relit in 1951.Hendrick’s Head Light32. Heron Neck Light is a lighthouse on Green's Island in Vinalhaven, Maine at the south end of Penobscot Bay.Heron’s Neck Light33. Indian Island Light is a lighthouse on Indian Island on the eastern side of the entrance to Rockport Harbor, Maine. It was first established in 1850. The present structure was built in 1875. It was deactivated in 1934 and is now a private residence.Indian Island Light34. Isle au Haut Light, also called Robinson Point Light, is a lighthouse located at Robinson Point in Isle au Haut, Maine. The lighthouse was established in 1907.Isle au Haut Light35. The Ladies Delight Light is a small lighthouse on Lake Cobbossee, in Winthrop, Maine, United States. It was constructed in 1908 and is believed to be the only active inland waters lighthouse in Maine.Ladies Delight Light36. Libby Island Light is a lighthouse on Libby Island, marking the mouth of Machias Bay, in Machiasport, Maine.Libby Island Lighthouse37. Little River Light Station at the entrance to Cutler Harbor in Downeast Maine.Located on a 15-acre island in Cutler Harbor, the Little River Lighthouse Station was established in 1847. The current tower dates from 1876. The lighthouse was a family station until July of 1950 when it became staffed by a rotating crew of Coast Guardsmen. Eventually the Coast Guard automated the lighthouse and closed it up. In 1998 Maine Preservation declared the lighthouse as on the Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties in the State of Maine. In April of 2000 the lighthouse was leased to the American Lighthouse Foundation, which in a partnership with the Coast Guard, began restoration of the tower. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and after being dark for 26 years, on October 2, 2001 the Little River Lighthouse was re-lighted as a “Beacon of Freedom to the World.” On July 27, 2002, under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA), the entire island and lighthouse was transferred from government ownership to the American Lighthouse Foundation. It was the first lighthouse in New England to have its ownership transferred under the NHLPA. The restored lighthouse station is now managed by the Friends of Little River Lighthouse, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, which offers overnight stays in the keeper’s house.Little River Light38. Lubec Channel Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Lubec, Maine. Established in 1890, it is one of three surviving sparkplug lights in the state, and served as an important aid to navigation on the St. Croix River. It is set in shallow waters in the Lubec Channel, about 500 feet (150 m) from the Canada-United States border. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places of Historic Places as Lubec Channel Light Station on March 14, 1988. The lighthouse was sold by auction into private hands on 2007.Lubec Channel Light StationMachias Seal Island Lighthouse Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between both theGulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 9.9 mi (16 km) southeast from Cutler, Maine, and 11.8 miles (19 km) southwest of Southwest Head on Grand Manan Island. It is a neighbor to North Rock. Sovereignty of the island is disputed. The Canadian Coast Guard continues to staff a lighthouse on the island; the first lighthouse was constructed there in 1832. As tiny Machias Seal Island is located roughly 12 miles (9 km) from the nearest points in the United States (Cutler, Maine) and Canada (Grand Manan Island), it is understandable that both countries have claimed sovereignty over the island. In terms of navigation, the island was more crucial to Canadian interests, as vessels bound to and from the important ports of Saint John and Saint Andrews frequently passed nearby, but the United States was reluctant to relinquish control of the associated prime fishing grounds.Machias Seal Island Lighthouse39. Mark Island Light built in 1857, the lighthouse alerts mariners to dangers in the Deer Island Thorofare, a passage running between Deer Isle and smaller islands offshore. The lighthouse is owned by Island Heritage Trust. The grounds are open, the tower is closed. The lighthouse can be seen from Sand Beach Road in Stonington. It can also be viewed from boats and aircraft.Mark Island Light40. Marshall Point Light Station is a lighthouse at the entrance of Port Clyde Harbor in Port Clyde, Maine. The light station was established in 1832.Marshall Point Light41. Matinicus Rock Light, is a lighthouse in on Matinicus Rock, a windswept rock 18 miles (29 km) off the coast of Maine. It is one of eleven seacoast lights off the coast of Maine. First established in 1827, the present surviving structures date to 1857. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Matinicus Rock Light Station on March 14, 1988. Matinicus Rock Lighthouse is located 6 miles south of Matinicus Island, Town of Criehaven, Maine. Year first constructed 1827. Year first lit 1846 (current tower).Automated1983.Matinicus Rock Light42. Monhegan Island Light is a lighthouse on Monhegan Island, Maine. It was first established in 1824. The present structure was built in 1850. It was Alexander Parris's last significant design.Monhegan Island Light43. Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport. It was first established in 1827. The present structure was built in 1851. Automated since 1972, the light was sold at auction in January 2013 to a private owner from Connecticut. Moose Peak Lighthouse stands on the eastern tip of Mistake Island. The light marks the southwest side of the entrance to Main Channel Way, which leads to Moosabec Reach, the waterway separating Jonesport and Beals Island.Moose Peak (Mistake Island) Lighthouse44. Mount Desert Light is a lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock, a small island about 18 nautical miles south of Mount Desert Island, in the US state of Maine. The light station was established in 1830; the current lighthouse was built in 1847.Mount Desert Light44. Mulholland Point Lighthouse located at the mouth of the Lubec Narrows, the Mulholland Point Lighthouse is part of the Roosevelt International Park. Although the lighthouse is not open to the public, visitors are free to walk around the structure and to enjoy the picnic site next to it. From the picnic area at Mulholland Point are views of the FDR Memorial Bridge, Lubec, Maine, the Channel Lighthouse, and the islands and waters of Johnson's Bay. Often, harbor seals can be seen swimming just offshore in the Lubec Narrows. Explore the Marine Life Exhibit in the old fishing shed. The lighthouse is frequently photographed and painted as viewed from across the Narrows in the McCurdy Smokehouse garden on Water Street in Lubec.Mulholland Point Light45. Narraguagus Light is a lighthouse on Pond Island at the southern extent of Narraguagus Bay in Downeast Maine. It was built as an aid to navigation for the bay, and the port of Milbridge, then an important deep-water shipbuilding port.Narraguagus Light46. Nash Island Light is a lighthouse on Nash Island at the entrance to Pleasant Bay in Maine. The Nash Island Light Station was opened in 1838 to mark the entrance into Pleasant Bay. The tower remaining today was constructed in 1874. It was built square, and of brick. That tower is all that remains of the station. It was automated in the 1950s and discontinued in 1982. The tower is being restored by Friends of Nash Island Light. The island is managed as part of the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge and is closed to visitors in the spring and summer. The tower can be seen from boat tours.Nash Island Light47. The Owls Head Light is an active aid to navigation located at the entrance of Rockland Harbor on western Penobscot Bay in the town of Owls Head, Knox County, Maine.Owls Head Light48. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was commissioned in 1827 by President John Quincy Adams and built that year. Because of poor workmanship (salt water was used in the mortar mix), the lighthouse began to crumble and was replaced in 1835. The second contract for the construction stipulated that only fresh water be used. Keeper Isaac Dunham oversaw the construction and wrote in a letter to the U.U.S. Lighthouse Establishment that the agreement was upheld and the work went well. The original light was an Argand-Lewis parabolic reflector, lit with candles and with a visibility of 2 miles (3.2 km). Augustin Frenel invented a superior way of focusing light in the early 1850s and most lighthouses in the US were converted to the Fresnel Lens, with Pemaquid Point receiving a fourth order Fresnel in 1856. The lens is one of only six Fresnel lenses still in service in Maine. The keeper's house was built in 1857.Pemaquid Point Light49. Petit Manan Light is a lighthouse on Petit Manan Island, Maine. The island is at the end of a series of ledges extending out from Petit Manan Point, between Dyer Bay and Pigeon Hill Bay, that projects into the Gulf of Maine. Petit Manan, a low, rocky island about 14 miles from Bar Harbor, was named by explorer Samuel de Champlain along with nearby Petit Manan Point because they reminded him of Grand Manan to the northeast. "Manan" apparently comes from a Micmac Indian word meaning "island out to sea." According to Louise Dickinson Rich, author of The Coast of Maine, Petit Manan Island is pronounced by locals, "Titm'nan." President James Monroe authorized the building of a lighthouse on Petit Manan Island in 1817. It served to guide shipping traffic toward several bays and harbors in the vicinity, and also to warn mariners of a dangerous bar between the island and Petit Manan Point on the mainland.Petit Manan Light50. Pond Island Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. It was first established in 1821 on Pond Island at the mouth of the Kennebec. The present structure was built in 1855. Although the origin of the name is unknown, the Pond Island Lighthouse was established in 1821 when it was built to adequately mark the west side of the entrance of the Kennebec River. Although a lighthouse was already established on the much larger Seguin Island in 1796, Sequin Island Lighthouse did little to mark the entrance to the Kennebec River as it sat nearly two miles further into the Atlantic Ocean. During the War of 1812, along with nearby Fort Popham, soldiers were stationed on Pond Island to prevent the British from entering the Kennebec River. After the war ended, the island became a transfer point for steamer passengers traveling between Augusta and Bangor, Maine.Pond Island Lighthouse51.Portland Breakwater Light52. Portland Head Light, is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. 1791 - Located on the south side Portland Harbor entrance in Cape Elizabeth. Portland Head Light is one of the most premier lighthouses to visit in America let alone Maine. It also comes with a rich history, as it was commissioned in 1791 by George Washington, becoming aine's oldest lighthouse. Located in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, this 80-foot white fieldstone and brick conical tower offers visitors a beautiful location for picnics, hiking, relaxing in the park, or visiting the museum built in the former Lighthouse Keeper's quarters. Portland Light offers views of beautiful Portland Harbor, the white fieldstone and brick conical tower stands 101 feet above sea level.Portland Head Light53. The first lighthouse to mark the east side of the harbor entrance was built in 1850. S. H. Sargent succeeded the first keeper, Pilsbury Stevens, in April 1853. The light was deactivated between 1859 and 1870, because "the harbor is not used as a harbor of refuge, and the village near which it is situated has only a small coasting trade." ​Evidently, the use of the harbor increased, as in 1870 the Lighthouse Board announced that the light was reactivated on May 15 "to serve as a guide to the harbor of refuge which it marks." Construction of the lighthouse began in 1850 after a 3 year delay. The site chosen for the light was Prospect Harbor Point on the eastern side of the harbor. The original granite lighthouse attached to the keeper's house was replaced in 1891 by the present 38-foot wood lighthouse with a fifth order Fresnel lens, and a new 1 1/2 story farmhouse-style keeper's house. The house and tower were at first attached by a covered passageway, but the passageway was later removed. A stone oil house was added in 1905, and for a time the station had an active fog bell.Prospect Harbor Lighthouse54. Pumpkin Island Light is a lighthouse on Pumpkin Island, at the northwestern entrance to Eggemoggin Reach, a channel running northwest to southeast between Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay on the central-eastern coast of Maine. Pumpkin Island lighthouse was established in 1855 as a result of vessels carrying lumber and for increasing tourism to the area. The lighthouse had one of the earliest Fresnel lenses in Maine incorporated into its construction. It stands 28 feet high with a black lantern.Pumpkin Island Lighthouse55. Ram Island Light was established in 1883 on Fisherman’s Passage in the town of Boothbay Harbor. Ram Island is well known for ghost stories and shipwrecks, and the lighthouse had to be rebuilt several times due to storm damage. In addition to the light tower, there’s a keeper’s house and a fuel house. The property can be seen from the water.Ram Island Light56. Ram Island Ledge Light is a lighthouse in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, marking the northern end of the main channel leading the harbor of Portland, Maine.Ram Island Ledge Light57. Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light is a historic lighthouse complex at the end of the Rockland Breakwater in the harbor of Rockland, Maine.Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light58. Rockland Harbor Southwest Lighthouse was privately built by Dr. Bruce Woolett between 1981 and 1987. After being completed and equipped with a lens, the lighthouse was recognized by the Coast Guard as a private aid to navigation marking nearby Seal Ledge. John Gazzola purchased the property from Dr. Woolett in 1998 and embarked on an extensive renovation of the lighthouse. A fifth-order Fresnel lens used at Doubling Point Range Lights was installed in the lighthouse in 1989. Rockland Harbor Southwest Lighthouse is one of the few built by a resident that is a Coast Guard recognized lighthouse.Rockland Harbor Southwest Lighthouse59. Saddleback Ledge Light is a lighthouse on Saddleback Ledge, an islet lying between Isle au Haut and Vinalhaven, Maine, in the middle of the southeastern entrance to Penobscot Bay. In 1836, the ship Royal Tar, carrying circus performers and animals, caught fire and sank near the ledge. In March of the following year, Congress appropriated $5,000 for a lighthouse on Saddleback Ledge. After some debate about the location, Capt. Joseph Smith, captain of a U.S. revenue cutter, reaffirmed the ledge as the best site for a lighthouse in the vicinity: There is no light between Matinicus & Bakers Island, a distance of about forty miles. In viewing the coast about the Isle au Haut & the Islands in the Penobscot bay, the necessity of a light-house in that vicinity, as a guide to vessels through the eastern channel is very apparent . . . & Saddleback ledge is decidedly the best location.Saddleback Ledge Light60. St. Croix River Light is a lighthouse on the St. Croix River, Maine, close to the Canada-United States border. It was first established in 1857. An octagonal wood tower on top of a keeper’s house was built in 1901 and was destroyed by fire in 1976. The present skeleton tower was built following the fire.Saint Croix River Light61. Seguin Light is a lighthouse on Seguin Island, in the Gulf of Maine south of the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine.Sequin Light62. Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It is now adjacent to the campus of Southern Maine Community College. A walk along the Spring Point Shoreway includes a beautiful, sandy Maine beach, historic Fort Preble, built in 1808, the iconic Spring Point Lighthouse, and outstanding views of Portland Harbor from a variety of perspectives. Spring Point Ledge is an obstruction to shipping in southern Portland harbor in Maine. The rock outcropping extends several hundred feet from a point near Fort Preble. Even though by the 1850’s the harbor entrance was marked by Portland Head Light to the south and Portland Breakwater to the north ships periodically came to grief on the Spring Point Ledge and shipping interests demanded for something to be done.Spring Point Ledge Light63. Squirrel Point Light has a white wooden octagonal tower. East bank Kennebec River, Georgetown, view from Parker Head Road, Phippsburg CenterSquirrel Point Light64. Tenants Harbor Light, also known as Southern Island Light, is a lighthouse at outh of Tenants Harbor, Saint George, Maine, United States. It appears in paintings by Andrew Wyeth and his son Jamie Wyeth, who have owned the lighthouse since 1978.Tenants Harbor Lighthouse65. Two Bush Island Light is a lighthouse on Two Bush Island, on the channel of the same name, the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine. The two bushes for which the island was named have long since vanished.Two Bush Island Light66. West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. Since 1808, there has been a lighthouse there to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is Maine’s famous red and white striped lighthouse. At the easternmost tip of the U.S. in Quoddy Head State Park, this beautiful spot includes fireplaces, picnic tables, and a nature trail along the rim of the high cliffs where whales and dolphins are sometimes sighted. Some areas are restricted for safety reasons. Many offshore lights are accessible by private boat and by cruises with captains licensed to take passengers on their boats. Some run charters to lighthouses Downeast including Libby Island (at the entrance to Machias Bay), Moose Peak (near Jonesport), Nash Island (near Addison), and Petit Manan (near Milbridge). The most photographed is the famous candy-striped West Quoddy Head Lighthouse: Built in 1808, Re-built in 1830 & in 1858, Automated in 1988. The light has the original Fresnel lens and the 50-step iron stair in the tower is still used by the U.S. Coast Guard, which is responsible for maintaining the light. West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, overlooks Sail Rock, the easternmost point of land in the continental United States, and is situated in the 481-acre Quoddy Head State Park.West Quoddy Head Light66. Whaleback Lighthouse is one of the least glamorous lighthouses in the region. The solitary granite structure resides on Whaleback ledge at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbor. It's unique location makes for great photographs throughout the day and from different vantage points in the harbor. Like many lighthouses today, it is unmanned. The first lighthouse, referred to as "Whales Back", to occupy the ledge was built in 1829-30 at a cost nearly $21,000. A newer version of Whaleback was built in 1870-72 to replace the original that proved itself to be of poor construction and threatened to collapse. For a time the old lighthouse tower served as a fog signal house only to be replace by a cast iron fog signal that remained for a brief time. Whaleback marks the approach to the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and has often been referred to as a New Hampshire lighthouse, but this rugged granite tower is clearly is in Maine waters by about 1500 feet. The jagged ledge known as Whaleback lurks menacingly on the northeast side of the entrance to the Piscataqua River, approximately a half -mile south of Gerrish Island, part of the town of Kittery. The ledge, which is completely underwater at high tide, is, in fact, a continuation of the southern point of Gerrish Island.Whaleback Lighthouse67. Whitehead Light is a lighthouse on Whitehead Island, on Muscle Ridge Channel, in the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay, Maine. It is in the town of St.George. Whitehead Island is reportedly one of the foggiest spots on the coast, but it took until 1829 for the station to get its first fog bell. Then, in 1838, the station became the proud recipient of the first tide-driven fog bell. This “perpetual fog bell,” was invented by Andrew Morse. In 1842, the new bell system was damaged in a storm, so the keeper tied a line to the clapper and ran the line into his bedroom, where he could sound the fog bell from his bed. A more traditional fog bell was installed in 1853, and a steam-driven fog whistle took over in 1869. In 1933, the steam boilers that fueled the fog signal were replaced by two internal combustion engines which operated on an air compressor. Two new foghorns were installed. At the same time, the dwelling was supplied with electricity for the first time. In March of 1831, the tower and dwelling were rebuilt. The new rubblestone tower featured a wrought-iron octagonal lantern. The new stone dwelling featured 3 rooms downstairs and 3 small rooms in an attic.In 1852, a new 41-foot lighthouse, designed by renowned architect Alexander Parris, was built on the site, along with a new wooden dwelling. A third-order Fresnel lens was installed in 1857. The light was automated in 1982, and the Fresnel lens was replaced by a modern optic. The Fresnel lens is now displayed at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland. The light was converted to solar power in 2001. The lighthouse is difficult to see from shore, but many tour boats pass by the island. The tower is closed to the public. Whitehead Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Whitehead Light is available for rent in season and we teach various continuing education courses.Whitehead Light68. The Whitlocks Mill Light is a lighthouse on the south bank of the St. Croix River in Calais, Maine. It is the northernmost lighthouse in the state of Maine, and was the last light to be built in the state. Whitlock's Mill Light Station was established on a bend on the St. Croix River in 1892 and is Maine's northernmost light station. The original light station didn't have a tower. Instead, a local mill owner took a red lantern to the south bank of the river and simply hung it from a tree. In 1910, a conventional light station was built. The tower was automated in 1969 and still functions as a navigational aid. The keeper's house is privately owned and not open to the public. The light tower is owned by the St. Croix Historical Society. The present keeper's house was also built in 1910. The lighthouse remains an active aid to navigation . The lighthouse is located about three miles east of Calais on Route 1. The tower is accessible to the public via a dirt road off Route 1, but be sure to respect the privacy of the owners of the keeper's house.Whitlock Mill Lighthouse, is the northernmost lighthouse in the U.S. Still a working lighthouse, it sits overlooking the St. Croix River and is located three miles south of Calais, just 50 miles north of Lubec. It is visible from the river and can be viewed from the St. Croix River View Rest Area on Route 1 in Calais. The rest area is announced by a "Rest Area 1,500 ft" sign from the south. The view may be largely obscured by trees in summer.Whitlocks Mill Light69. Winter Harbor Light. The Winter Harbor Lighthouse on Mark Island can be viewed from Grindstone Point in Winter Harbor or from the western shoreside of the Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park. The view above was captured from Schoodic Peninsula and shows Cadillac Mountain in the distance on Mount Desert Island. The lighthouse, originally established and built in 1856, is constructed of brick and asphalt. The two-story keeper's house was built later in 1876. The boathouse was built in 1878 followed by the Oil House in 1905. The original optic used was a fifth order Fresnel. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1988 as Winter Harbor Light Station. The lighthouse is currently privately owned and not open to the public.Winter Harbor Light70. Wood Island Light. Located on an island just offshore from Biddeford Pool, Maine, Wood Island Lighthouse is a unique Maine island lighthouse experience. At the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery Point, Maine a graying old structure of unknown purpose and history was slowly crumbling on a small island. The Wood Island Life Saving Station has stood watch for 110 years. Its purpose was to house men, brave “surfmen”, that were part of the US Life Saving Service (a forerunner of the US Coast Guard) who would wait with small rowing boats to go out to help mariners in distress in terrible conditions year round. The owner of the 1908 Station, the Town of Kittery, tried to demolish the unfortunate place a half dozen times after ignoring its basic maintenance for decades. Our charity, the Wood Island Life Saving Station Association (WILSSA), formed in 2011 to oppose demolition and offered to raise all of the funds and expertise to undertake a historically accurate restoration. We are making outstanding progress. After two years of construction, and $1.2 million so far, the entire building has been cleaned of hazardous materials, the structural elements rebuilt and the exterior restored. Please enjoy these various videos that tell the story of those herculean tasks and share them with friends. We look forward to the upcoming challenges of completing the entire restoration and opening the building to the public as a maritime museum. We work for good in our community – and with your help, a historic building of national importance will be saved and enjoyed by the public for generations to come. Inside the keeper’s house, visitors can learn about former keepers and their families, as well as the island’s dramatic and tragic history. In 1896, a man named Howard Hobbs shot and killed Frederick Milliken, who lived on the island with is family. Hobbs then shot himself. Many people now believe that ghosts roam Wood Island.Wood Island Light