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
04/24/25 - Stratford Point Lighthouse (CT) is available for transfer under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act
04/22/25 - Point Lookout Lighthouse (MD) opens to the public after being closed for nearly 7 years
04/20/25 - Two Harbor Lighthouse (MN) to open as a Bed and Breakfast again after damage from a failed boiler is repaired
04/19/25 - Braddock Point Lighthouse (NY) on the market for $1.495 million
04/18/25 - Split Rock Lighthouse (MN) will be closed from May 5 to May 21 as work begins on a new extended viewing platform
04/18/25 - New remote-controlled exterior lighting allows Lorain Lighthouse (OH) to be bathed in various colors at night
04/15/25 - Public feedback sought on plan to establish a light show at Oak Orchard Lighthouse (NY)
04/06/25 - Restoration of keeper's dwelling at Beaver Head Lighthouse (MI) should be finished later this year
04/05/25 - Construction has begun on the new summer kitchen and barn at Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (WI)
04/05/25 - Wave action and ice have damaged railings leading to Grand Marais Lighthouse (MN)
04/04/25 - Point Sur Lighthouse (CA) must be seismically retrofitted before Fresnel lens can be installed
04/03/25 - Bodie Island Lighthouse (NC) climbs begin April 18; Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) will be closed all of 2025
04/01/25 - Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association seeks volunteers to help at its 4 Michigan lighthouses this summer
04/01/25 - A new rotating beacon from Finland will be installed in Two Harbors Lighthouse (MN) this summer
04/01/25 - Gull Rock Lighthouse and Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse to receive over $100k in grants from Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program
03/30/25 - PBS News highlights women lighthouse keepers in the United States
03/29/25 - New children's book will help celebrate the 150th anniversary of Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse (MD)
03/29/25 - Degraded brackets and tension ring atop Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) will likely delay restoration project
03/28/25 - Calvert Marine Museum marks the 50th anniversary of Drum Point Lighthouse (MD) relocation
03/27/25 - Scaffolding around Pigeon Point Lighthouse (CA) has been taken done. Restoration should be done next spring.
03/25/25 - Completion of lantern room restoration at Gay Head Lighthouse (MA) will be delayed until June
03/25/25 - Volunteers with woodworking skills needed to restore Peter Island Lighthouse (NS) in Aug/Sep
03/25/25 - Couple to open vintage clothing store in Bangor to help with restoration of Moose Peak Lighthouse (ME)
03/21/25 - Nicolet Sector Lighthouse (PQ) didn't survive the spring freshet
03/19/25 - St. Joseph Today to manage tours of St. Joseph Pier Lighthouses (MI) this year
03/19/25 - Volunteers seek to keep Fresnel lenses from St. Joseph Pier Lighthouses (MI) in the city

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