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
03/29/23 - Tillamook Lighthouse (OR) receives human visitors and touch-up paint for the first time in years
03/25/23 - Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program awards grants to Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Rock of Ages Lighthouse
03/25/23 - Completion of exterior restoration in 2023 will allow museum to open in Grand Haven Pierhead Lighthouse (MI) in 2024
03/25/23 - Lens from Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (NC) to be placed in storage while Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is renovated
03/23/23 - Contractor hired to repair and paint exterior masonry at Rock of Ages Lighthouse (MI) this summer
03/21/23 - Access to Cape Blanco Lighthouse (OR) delayed to April 1 due to road damage
03/21/23 - Keeper's dwwlling from Slip Point Lighthouse (WA) may be nominated for the National Register of Historic Places
03/17/23 - Friends of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge looking for "keeper" to open lighthouse on weekends
03/16/23 - $3.1 million restoration of Roosevelt Island Lighthouse (NY) to receive 2023 rehabilitation award
03/16/23 - Pensacola Naval Air Station will allow public access to Pensacola Lighthouse (FL) March 25-26
03/15/23 - Port Austin Reef Lighthouse (MI) plans to open maritime museum
03/15/23 - Free climbs of Currituck Beach Lighthouse (NC) offered March 18 to kick off the 2023 season
03/15/23 - Preservation society seeks $50,000 to continue restoration of Rock of Ages Lighthouse (MI)
03/14/23 - New owner of Hooper Island Lighthouse (MD) makes his first visit to tower
03/14/23 - Orange wave attenuators placed along shoreline near Cape Lookout Lighthouse (NC)
03/14/23 - Celebration planned for 200th anniversary of Ocracoke Lighthouse (NC) on May 18
03/12/23 - Ownership of Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse (MI) could pass to the city of Muskegon
03/12/23 - Two months of restoration set to begin at McGulpin Point Lighthouse (MI)
03/12/23 - Grounds of Point Vicente Lighthouse (CA) open to public for first time since pandemic
03/09/23 - NPS says damage to Fire Island Lighthouse (NY) is more cosmetic than structural
03/07/23 - Nonprofit Rethos is new owner of Duluth Harbor North Breakwater Lighthouse (MN)
03/05/23 - Fire Island Lighthouse (NY) closed indefinitely due to damaged brickwork at base of tower
03/04/23 - Coast Guard uses ice boat to repair light in St. Marys River (MI)
03/04/23 - Developers want to build condos near Two Harbors Lighthouse (MN)
03/03/23 - Historical society raising funds for repairs for Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse (MI) as it turns 75 this year
03/01/23 - Mattapoisett may consider assuming responsibility for Ned's Point Lighthouse (MA)
02/28/23 - Five months after Hurricane Ian, Sanibel Island Lighthouse (FL) relighted on Feb. 28
02/27/23 - Friends of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse working to raise funds for restoring the landmark

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