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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
11/25/20 - High bid for Sand Key Lighthouse (FL) tops $80,000
11/23/20 - Virtual events in December to mark the 150th anniversary of Point Reyes Lighthouse (CA) and Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC)
11/22/20 - Browns Point Lighthouse (WA) to be restored to its 1933 presence
11/21/20 - Braddock Point Lighthouse (NY) on the market for $996,000
11/21/20 - 1,500 tons of riprap Stones being placed around Round Island Lighthouse (MI) to protect structure from high water levels
11/21/20 - Five lighthouses to be featured on new postage stamp series issued in 2021
11/20/20 - Virtual celebration will mark 150th anniversary of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) on December 16
11/18/20 - Restoration continues at North Head Lighthouse (WA) with work on oil houses and keeper's dwellings
11/17/20 - Gift shop building restored at Tawas Point Lighthouse (MI)
11/17/20 - Restoration work continues at old and new Presque Isle lighthouses (MI)
11/16/20 - Fisgard Lighthouse (BC) turns 160 years old on November 16
11/11/20 - Port Isabel Lighthouse (TX) to reopen to visitors on November 13
11/10/20 - Virtual Edmund Fitzgerald Beacon Lighting Ceremony will be broadcast today from Split Rock Lighthouse (MN)
11/09/20 - Piney Point Lighthouse (MD) to open on November 13 for first time since March
11/08/20 - Special plaque placed by tombstone of Keeper Lorezo D. Evans on November 8 to recognize his service
11/06/20 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act provides $1.5 million for improvements at Tchefuncte River Lighthouse (LA)
11/06/20 - With state permit obtained, contractor ready to start placing riprap at Round Island Lighthouse (MI)
11/05/20 - Control of first-order Fresnel lens from Piedras Blancas Lighthouse (CA) passes from Lions Club back to Coast Guard
11/04/20 - Power surge darkens Oak Island Lighthouse (NC) and may speed up planned installation of LED beacon
11/03/20 - Coast Guard expected to clean up lead at East Chop Lighthouse (MA) in coming months
11/01/20 - Federal government asking for Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (IL) back after City of Chicago failed to do anything with it
10/30/20 - Dry ice blasting being tested for paint removal on Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC)
10/30/20 - Two people stranded at Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse (MA) after their boat drifts away
10/29/20 - Cape George Lighthouse (NS) and Annandale Rear Range Lighthouse (PEI) designated heritage lighthouses
10/28/20 - Legal battle brewing over whether Graves Lighthouse (MA) is part of Town of Hull and if taxes are owed
10/26/20 - Surfing museum in Santa Cruz Lighthouse (CA) opens to public for first time since March
10/24/20 - Navy team safely detonates World War II ordinance found near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC)
10/23/20 - Lighthouse Sunset Experience for groups of up to six people are now offered atop Key West Lighthouse (FL)
10/23/20 - Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) closed until World War II bomb that washed up on beach can be detonated
10/23/20 - New shutters that had been missing for 90 years added to Mission Point Lighthouse (MI) as part of projects to mark its 150th birthday
10/22/20 - Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse (FL) holding virtual "Step Up" fundraiser in place of annual "Redezvous at the Light"
10/22/20 - Garden Key Lighthouse (FL) is being dismantled as part of a $4.5 million restoration by the National Park Service
10/21/20 - Columbia River Maritime Museum has raised $490,000 of the over $1 million needed to restore Lightship Columbia (OR)
10/21/20 - Hostelling International to convert hostels at Pigeon Point and Point Montara Lighthouses (CA) to vacation rentals
10/19/20 - Anonymous donor gives $250,000 for riprap to protect Round Island Lighthouse (MI)

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