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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
09/12/25 - Progress continues on buildings and sidewalks at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (WI)
09/11/25 - Maine open lighthouse day on September 13 features 17 lighthouses
09/11/25 - Herrick Cove and Burkehaven Lighthouses (NH) are receiving new concrete bases supported by steel piles
09/09/25 - Michael Gabriel still plans on restoring Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse (DE), 18 years after purchasing it
09/09/25 - Michael Gabriel posts walkthrough videos of Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse (DE)
09/07/25 - Annual tour of Grosse Ile Lighthouse (MI) will be held on September 14
09/07/25 - Restoration of lantern room and Fresnel lens at Kilauea Point Lighthouse (HI) after storm damage in 2020 and 2021 is underway
09/06/25 - Celebration planned to mark 200th anniversary of Owls Head Lighthouse (ME)
09/05/25 - Pier to close for roughly a month during restoration of Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse (MI)
09/04/25 - Penfield Reef Lighthouse (CT) sold at auction for $370,000
09/03/25 - Construction will limit access to Menominee North Pier Lighthouse (MI) for the next 3 months
09/02/25 - Three-part PBS series to explore the history of eight lighthouses in Ohio
08/28/25 - VIP reception before premiere of Beneath the Light on September 6 will benefit Lorain Lighthouse (OH)
08/28/25 - Focus is on concrete base after painting of Port Washington Breakwater Lighthouse (WI)
08/27/25 - Coast Guard helicopter rescues four people stranded at Frankfort North Breakwater Lighthouse (MI)
08/27/25 - Soil remediation is needed before Slip Point Lighthouse (WA) keepers duplex can be transferred to local community
08/24/25 - A permit has been filed to address coastal erosion at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (ME)
08/23/25 - Rethos receives deed to Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Lighthouse (MN) after being awarded property in 2023
08/22/25 - Warwick Lighthouse (RI) to be auctioned off after no application for ownership was found suitable
08/19/25 - Ownership of Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Outer Lighthouse (MN) transferred to Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
08/19/25 - Highest bid in Penfield Reef Lighthouse (CT) is now $180,000
08/18/25 - Preservation society looking to raise $1 million for three-phase restoration of Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse (FL)
08/18/25 - City of Sheboygan assessing repair costs before accepting ownership of Sheboygan Breakwater Lighthouse (WI)
08/17/25 - Volunteers from the U.S. and Canada to spend three weeks in September working on St. Peter Island Lighthouse (NS)
08/16/25 - Youth Conservation Corps groups from neighboring islands replace windows and seal up Patos Island Lighthouse (WA)
08/14/25 - Annual fish fry on August 16 will raise funds for continuing restoration of Ashtabula Lighthouse (OH)
08/14/25 - Cana Island Lighthouse (WI) has reopened to public but storm cleanup is ongoing
08/14/25 - Restoration of Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse (MI) is set to begin in September
08/14/25 - Raven won't stop pecking at glass at visitor center for Point Reyes Lighthouse (CA)
08/14/25 - 135th anniversary of Cape Meares Lighthouse (OR) to be celebrated with activities on August 16
08/13/25 - Restored lantern room successfully lifted atop Yaquina Bay Lighthouse (OR) in second attempt
08/12/25 - First bid of $100,0000 received in Penfield Reef Lighthouse (CT) auction
08/11/25 - Access to Cana Island Lighthouse (WI) closed due to storm damage
08/09/25 - Four Hillsboro Lighthouse (FL) keepers honored in ceremony on National Lighthouse Day
08/08/25 - Lantern room to return to top of Yaquina Bay Lighthouse (OR) as part of $1.8 million restoration
08/08/25 - Lights installed at Oak Orchard Lighthouse (NY) to produce a Northern Lights light show
08/06/25 - UNE student is assessing climate change vulnerability of Maine's lighthouses
08/06/25 - St. Croix Island Lighthouse Exhibit now on display at Maine Lighthouse Museum
08/05/25 - Essex National Heritage Commission completes interior repointing of Baker's Island Lighthouse (MA)
08/03/25 - Lighthouse Picnics back in business after restoration of Ferryland Head Lighthouse (NL)
08/02/25 - St. Simons Island Lighthouse (GA) back in operation after two lightning strikes this summer
08/02/25 - Reconstruction of summer kitchen at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (WI) nearly complete
08/02/25 - Tours of Alki Point Lighthouse (WA) canceled through at leaset 2025 due to high levels of lead

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