Lighthouse Friends

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This site includes photographs, directions, histories, and GPS coordinates garnered while personally visiting every lighthouse in the United States and nearly every lighthouse in Canada.

Latest U.S. and Canadian Lighthouse News
09/28/23 - Annual Christmas at the Lighthouse to be held at Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse (NY) on October 8
09/27/23 - $19.2 million contract awarded to restore Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) and install a first-order Fresnel lens
09/25/23 - Tropical storm Ophelia did little damage at Cape Lookout Lighthouse (NC)
09/22/23 - Door County's Fall Lighthouse Festival is September 29 - October 1
09/22/23 - Federal and provincial grants totaling $170,000 to fund renovations at Swallowtail Lighthouse (NB)
09/21/23 - New Jersey lighthouse challenge will be held October 21 - 22
09/20/23 - Penfield Reef Lighthouse (CT) sold at auction for $360,000
09/20/23 - Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Lighthouse (MI) sold at auction for $88,000
09/17/23 - Sixty groups have expressed interest in assuming ownership of Lynde Point Lighthouse (CT)
09/16/23 - Waves from Hurricane Lee uncover fence at former site of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC)
09/15/23 - Owner of Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse (WI) has enlisted Manitowoc Sunrise Rotary to offer tours of the lighthouse
09/14/23 - Stratford Shoal Lighthouse (CT) sold at auction for $261,000
09/13/23 - Video of Point Arena Lighthouse (CA) cat has gone viral
09/13/23 - Winners of Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse (OH) revealed
09/13/23 - Borden Flats Lighthouse (MA) on the market for $1.25 million
09/12/23 - $1 million restoration of Tybee Island Lighthouse (GA) to begin in November
09/10/23 - If you find a message in a bottle, you could win a 3-night stay at White Shoal Lighthouse (MI)
09/09/23 - 11 people injured when platform collapses at Doubling Point Lighthouse (ME) during Maine Open Lighthouse Day
09/09/23 - Dedication of plaque for Dofflemyer Lighthouse (WA) to be held at Boston Harbor Marina on September 30
09/08/23 - Beavertail Lighthouse license plates make their debut in Rhode Island
09/07/23 - Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse (OH) sold at auction for $425,000
09/05/23 - 120 people visit St. George Reef Lighthouse (CA) over Labor Day weekend
09/05/23 - Fourth annual RetroFest to be held at Piney Point Lighthouse (MD) September 16
09/01/23 - Annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day is September 9
09/01/23 - Annual open house at Faulkners Island Lighthouse (CT) is September 2
08/31/23 - Government is auctioning off parcel adjacent to Conanicut Point Lighthouse (RI)
08/31/23 - 14th annual Huntington Lighthouse Music Festival will be held September 2
08/30/23 - Fire Island Lighthouse (NY) reopens for climbing after stabilization work finishes
08/29/23 - Grand Slam boat trip on September 24 offers chance to see twenty lighthouses in Maine
08/28/23 - JAWS to be shown at Port Pontchartrain Lighthouse on September 15

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