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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
09/25/22 - Interested parties meet to discuss future of first-order Fresnel lens from Piedras Blancas Lighthouse (CA)
09/25/22 - Hooper Island Lighthouse (MD) sold at auction for $192,000
09/19/22 - Hillsboro Lighthouse (FL) shines again after lightning strike took out a power supply
09/17/22 - Naturalization ceremony held at Sandy Hook Lighthouse (NJ) for fifty immigrants
09/16/22 - Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse (WI) added to National Register of Historic Places
09/16/22 - Planning board approves altered plan for pavilion at Dunkirk Lighthouse (NY)
09/15/22 - Damaged keeper's dwelling at Prospect Harbor Lighthouse (ME) to be stabilized while its future is assessed
09/13/22 - Safety concerns may keep Little Red Lighthouse (NY) closed for annual festival
09/13/22 - SRA Home Products donates a new roof for the cottage that serves as a gift shop at East Point Lighthouse (NJ)
09/12/22 - A ceremony on October 1 will mark the 150th anniversary of Bodie Island Lighthouse (NC)
09/11/22 - Smith's Cove Historical Society is in the process of restoring Bear River Lighthouse (NS)
09/10/22 - Boulder with plaque marking location for former Red Bluff Lighthouse (WA) to be dedicated September 14
09/09/22 - ICC Commonwealth to begin restoration of Port Austin Reef Lighthouse (MI) that will include installation of replica lens
09/08/22 - First bid received in online auction for Hooper Island Lighthouse (MD) that has a soft close date of September 21
09/08/22 - Public information meeting on planned restoration of Port Washington Breakwater (WI) will be held on September 14
09/08/22 - Roughly 500 athletes will compete in annual ocean swim to benefit Alligator Reef Lighthouse (FL) on September 10
09/07/22 - Maine's 13th Annual Open Lighthouse Day will be held on Saturday, September 10
09/06/22 - Planning board requests changes for pavillion planned on grounds of Dunkirk Lighthouse (NY)
09/05/22 - Greens Ledge Lighthouse (CT) opens for public tours on September 17-18
09/03/22 - The 18th Toledo Lighthouse Waterfront Festival (OH) will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 10 and 11
09/03/22 - Artifacts from Nottawasaga Lighthouse (ON) on display at Collingwood Museum
09/02/22 - Two Chicago-based engineers visited Alligator Reef Lighthouse (FL) to assess its condition
09/01/22 - The thirteenth Muiscfest will be held at Huntington Harbor Lighthouse (NY) on September 3
08/31/22 - Vibration monitor installed on Port Isabel Lighthouse (TX) to assess impact of nearby SpaceX tests
08/31/22 - Grand Haven Outer Pierhead Lighthouse (MI) to open for just two hours of tours on September 1
08/31/22 - Still no bids received in Hooper Island Lighthouse (MD) auction, which opened three weeks ago
08/30/22 - 150th anniversary of Saint Simons Lighthouse (GA) to be celebrated by an animated light show projected on the tower
08/30/22 - Celebration held to commemorate fifty years since Emmaline Madigan became first female keeper of Pointe au Baril Lighthouse (ON)

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