Eagle Island Light

Eagle Island Light (+44° 13′ 4.00″, -68° 46′ 4.00″) is located in East Penobscot Bay near Deer Isle. It was originally known as Eagle Island Point Light and the island is not to be confused with the other 7 Eagle Islands dotting the coast of Maine. This 30-foot stone lighthouse was built in 1839. The light is an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation with a characteristic of flashing white every 4 seconds. There is no fog signal.

In 1837, as Bangor continued to grow into one of the busiest lumber ports in the world, the government appropriated $5000 for a lighthouse on Eagle Island. A conical rubblestone tower, topped by a wrought iron, octagonal copper-topped dome, and a one-and-a-half story rubblestone dwelling was built on the northeastern corner of the island. The original lamps were fueled by whale oil or lard, but by 1877 were converted to kerosene, which was less expensive and gave off a brighter light. The lighthouse’s original characteristic was a fixed white light. In 1858, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed, and shone from a height of 106 feet above sea level. It was visible for 16 ½ miles.

Eagle Island Light

In 1857, a new dwelling replaced the original. It had three rooms downstairs, four bedrooms on the second story, and a room connecting the dwelling to the tower. Steam heat was added to the dwelling in 1908, and an indoor toilet was installed in 1949.

In 1932, a 4,200-pound, bronze fog bell was installed in a wood-frame pyramidal bell tower. The bell struck a double blow once every 60 seconds.

The light was automated in 1959 and its characteristic changed. An offshore gong buoy replaced the fog bell.

Eagle Island Light

In the early 1960s, the Coast Guard decided to auction off all the buildings, save for the lighthouse, with the condition that the new owner would have to remove the buildings from the property. Mysteriously, no one bid. So, in 1963, a Coast Guard crew from Rockland tore down all of the buildings except for the lighthouse and bell tower. This decision was met with fierce opposition and neighbors even appealed to Senator Margaret Chase Smith, but to no avail.

As the crew tried to remove the two-ton fog bell, they lost it, and it tumbled into the ocean. A local lobsterman, Walter Shephard, later found it and towed it to Great Spruce Head Island, where it is now on display. The 1932 bell tower is left standing intact today.

The lighthouse is now owned by the nonprofit group, the Eagle Light Caretakers. Eagle Island Light is best viewed from the water and is not open to the public.
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Curtis Island Lighthouse

Curtis Island Light (+44° 12′ 6.00″, -69° 2′ 54.00″) is located at the entrance to Camden Harbor, at the southeastern end of Curtis Island. It is an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation and is now owned by the Town of Camden. Its characteristic is occulting green, 4 seconds (4 seconds of green followed by 1 second of darkness). The lighthouse is a 25-foot tall, white, cylindrical brick tower with a range of 6 nautical miles. The station does not have a fog signal.

The first brick lighthouse on Curtis Island was built in 1835 by George Galt of Massachusetts, by order of President Andrew Jackson. It cost $4,500. Back then, the five-acre island was called Negro Island, presumably after an African cook who lived there. The island was renamed “Curtis Island” in 1934, in honor of Cyrus H.K. Curtis, publisher of the Saturday Evening Post. Curtis was a longtime summer resident of Camden, and gave the town the land and building that is now the Camden Yacht Club.

Curtis Island Lighthouse

The first keeper was Henry K.M. Bower and many keepers have succeeded him. A fog bell in the public parking lot of Camden Harbor reads, “Dedicated to the keepers of the Curtis Island Light, 1836 to the present.”

In 1889, the dwelling was rebuilt and a barn and boathouse were added. In 1895, an oil house was added. All of these buildings remain today. The present lighthouse tower was built in 1896. A fourth-order Fresnel was installed.

The lighthouse was automated in 1972. Keepers were removed and the Fresnel lens was replaced by a modern optic. The Fresnel lens is now on display at the Camden Public Library. The light is now solar-powered.

Curtis Island Light received some press in 1993, when one of the lighthouse’s caretakers, Dee Dee Conover, saw what she thought was a sick dolphin come ashore. The animal soon perished, and an autopsy revealed that the animal was actually a 13-foot, young beaked whale. Only 16 beaked whales have ever been found in North America and only 6 have been found in Europe. There has never been a confirmed sighting at sea.

Curtis Island Lighthouse

In 1997, citizens of Camden voted to assume ownership of Curtis Island Light and the lighthouse officially became the property of the town in 1998. Curtis Island is a public park but is only accessible by boat. The lighthouse is not open to the public. It is best viewed from the water, but views are possible by taking Bay View Street in downtown Camden. Several cruises out of Camden pass by the light. A distant, but breathtaking view of the lighthouse and island is also possible by driving or hiking to the top of Mount Battie in Camden Hills State Park. Curtis Island Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Cuckolds Light

The Cuckolds Light (+43° 46′ 48.00″, -69° 38′ 60.00″) is located off Cape Newagen, near the town of Southport. Its characteristic is 2 white flashes every minute. Its fog signal is 1 blast every 15 seconds.

A pair of dangerous ledges at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor apparently resembles a point of land on the Thames River in England, because that’s where they got their name, the Cuckolds. The Maine version of the Cuckolds is rumored to have been named by a transplanted Londoner.

Cuckolds Light

In 1874, a day beacon was installed on the Cuckolds. In 1891, a fog signal station was added. The station took the shape of a semicircular granite pier, 36 feet in diameter and 12 feet high, with a hollow center designed to protect the fresh water tanks and the storeroom. The fog signal was placed atop the building, taking the same shape, but with a smaller diameter. The curved portion of the building was positioned facing south so that the seas could flow around the building. A Daboll fog trumpet was established in 1892, with an attached two-story double dwelling, built with a heavy pine frame. It was bolted to the ledge. A bulkhead of hard pine, 12 feet high, ran along the east side of the dwelling to protect it from storms. A boathouse and boat slip were built on the northwest side of the island. In 1895, a 1,000-pound bell was added to the station to be used while the air pressure for the trumpet was building. In 1902, an oil-powered fog signal was installed.

Due to popular request from mariners, the government finally agreed to add a lighthouse to the Cuckolds in 1907. A small tower, consisting of only a workroom and lantern room, was added onto the roof of the existing fog signal house. A radio transmitter was added to the station in 1956.

Cuckolds Light

Light keeper Kelly Farrin wrote of his time on the Cuckolds (1969-1970): “The Cuckolds was about a mile or so offshore and was exposed to the open ocean. The waves washed on the shore relentlessly and were never silent. I measured the island with a tape measure and calculated it to be roughly 520 feet in circumference at the high water mark.”

The light was automated in late 1974. The light is now powered by solar panels. The old fourth-order Fresnel lens, a rare, American-made Fresnel from the MacBeth Glass Company of Pittsburgh, is now on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland.

The Coast Guard demolished the keeper’s dwelling in 1977. The nonprofit organization, the Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station Council, now owns the lighthouse and plans to rebuild the dwelling.

The lighthouse is not open to the public and is best viewed from the water or air. Views are also possible from the public landing in Southport and via cruises out of Boothbay Harbor.
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Cape Neddick (Nubble) Lighthouse

Cape Neddick (“Nubble”) Light (+43° 9′ 54.00″, -70° 35′ 30.00″) is located near the entrance to York River near the town of York. Its characteristic is isophase red 6 – 3 seconds red alternating with 3 seconds of darkness. Its fog signal is 1 blast every 10 seconds.

Cape Neddick Light has probably appeared on more souvenirs than any other New England lighthouse, with the possible exception of Portland Head Light. In 1977, when NASA loaded the Voyager II with artifacts from our culture, one of the items on board was a picture of Cape Neddick Light. In 2001, the popular band Nickel Creek shot a music video onsite.

Cape Neddick (Nubble) Lighthouse

The “Nubble” is a small island just off the eastern point of Cape Neddick, about two miles north of the entrance to the York River. In 1876, Congress appropriated $15,000 for a lighthouse to be erected on Nubble. The 41-foot, cast-iron tower, lined with brick, was first lit on July 1, 1879. Back then, the light showed a fixed red through a fourth-order Fresnel lens. This lens was damaged in an explosion and replaced with an 1891 lens moved from another station in 1928.

A red oil house was added in 1902, and a walkway connecting the lighthouse to the keeper’s dwelling was added in 1911.

The station originally had a fog bell operated by automatic striking machinery, but the bell was later replaced by a diaphragm horn.

The lantern room at Cape Neddick Light retains nearly all the original brass fittings. One of the only changes is that red plastic now encases the light, as opposed to the original red glass.

Cape Neddick (Nubble) Lighthouse

The light was automated in 1987. In 1989, when the town of York took over the lighthouse, the town received more than 300 unsolicited applications from people wanting to be live-in caretakers.

A popular event is the annual Lighting of the Nubble, when the lighthouse and surrounding buildings are lit with Christmas lights in late November. This community event always draws a large crowd. In an attempt to spread the joy to summer visitors, volunteers organized a “Christmas in July” event, and lit the station Christmas-style in the middle of summer, much to the delight of fair weather patrons.

To get to the lighthouse by land, follow Nubble Road east from Route 1A for about a mile to Sohier Park. The Park offers an excellent view of the lighthouse, free parking, and a welcome center, which is open seasonally and offers a gift shop and public restrooms. The lighthouse and grounds are not open to the public.

The light can also be viewed from an excursion boat leaving Perkins Cove in Ogunquit and from lighthouse cruises out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse

In 1811, a 50-foot, stone, black and white, pyramidal day beacon was erected at Cape Elizabeth to help mark the entrance to Portland harbor. This stone marker was torn down in 1828 and replaced by a pair of 65-foot tall, rubblestone lighthouses. These two lights served as range lights, meaning that navigators would line them up and then steer on them in order to stay on course. Fresnel lenses were installed in the towers in 1855.

These two landmarks were replaced in 1874 by 67-foot, cast-iron towers. Second-order Fresnel lenses were installed in both lights.

In 1924, the government changed all twin light stations to single lights and the west light was extinguished. The east light was electrified.

Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse

The light was automated in 1963, and the second-order Fresnel lens was removed in 1994. The lens is now on display in the Cape Elizabeth Town Hall.

Cape Elizabeth Light (+43° 33′ 56.00″, -70° 12′ 0.00″) remains an active aid to navigation, with a characteristic of 4 white flashes every 15 seconds and a fog signal of 2 blasts every minute.

Cape Elizabeth Light was the site of one of the most dramatic and heroic lifesaving feats to ever happen at an American lighthouse. Marcus Hannah was the light keeper in 1885 when one of the worse storms in history hit the harbor. Hanna had the misfortune of suffering from a terrible cold that night, but he continued to sound the fog whistle all night despite his exhaustion. When the assistant keeper relieved Hanna in the morning, Hanna had to crawl through snowdrifts just to get back to his house. Not long after he fell asleep, his wife woke him to tell him that there was a schooner aground on Dyer’s Ledge near the fog signal building.

Cape Elizabeth Light

Neither Hanna nor his assistant had seen the vessel due to the poor visibility from the storm. When Hanna reached the vessel, the Australia out of Boothbay, only two crew members were left alive. These two men had climbed to the rigging and were nearly frozen to death. Hanna began trying to throw a line to the men, while his wife alerted neighbors. He could not get a line to them in the wind, so he waded waist-deep into the freezing January Atlantic in order to get a line to one of the crewman, a man named Irving Pierce. Pierce tied the line around himself and Hanna heroically pulled the frozen man through the waves and over the rocks to shore. Then Hanna again managed to land the line on the Australia. The other crewman, William Kellar, also tied the rope around himself, but Hanna ran out of strength as he tried to pull him ashore. Just then the assistant keeper and two neighbors arrived and helped Hanna pull the man in. Both men survived the harrowing experience and six months later, Hanna received a gold lifesaving medal for “heroism involving great peril to his life.” In 1997, the Coast Guard christened a new, 175-foot buoy tender the Marcus Hanna in honor of this local hero.

The lighthouse, dwelling and grounds are not open to the public. Viewing is possible at the end of Two Lights Road, but parking can be difficult during peak months.

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Brown's Head Lighthouse

Vinalhaven is a large island, located off the coast of Rockland, in the middle of Penobscot Bay. It is one of the “Fox Islands,” a group of islands named after the gray foxes that once inhabited them. In the second half of the 19th Century, Vinalhaven was home to a thriving granite industry. (Granite was shipped from the area for the Washington Monument and the Brooklyn Bridge.) It was this industry, as well as the fishing industry, that led President Andrew Jackson to appropriate $4,000 for the development of Brown’s Head Light in 1832.

Brown’s Head Light (+44° 6′ 42.35″, -68° 54′ 34.19″) is located near the northwest corner of the island, marking the popular seaway between Vinalhaven and North Haven. Jeremiah Berry of East Thomaston built the original rubblestone tower and dwelling.

Brown's Head Lighthouse

The original keeper, David Wooster of North Haven, served until his death in 1841. In 1904, the Boston Globe published an article about Keeper Benjamin Eldridge Burgess. The article described Burgess as “a good man, a good servant of Uncle Sam, and a saver of countless lives.” Ernest DeRaps, the keeper in 1961, wrote that the dwelling was so close to the water that storms often sent spray flying against the second story windows. During one snowstorm, DeRaps had to tie his six-year-old son to himself with a rope so that he wouldn’t be blown away as they trudged through 2 feet of snow to get to their truck.

Brown's Head Lighthouse looking towards Rockland

In 1857, a new one-and-a-half story, wood-frame house was constructed and connected via a short, covered passageway to a new cylindrical, 20-foot tall, brick tower. A fifth-order Fresnel lens was installed and a bell tower with a 1,000 pound fog bell was added. In 1902, the fifth-order Fresnel was replaced by a fourth-order Fresnel, which remains in service today. The light’s characteristic is fixed white with two red sectors. The light is 39 feet above sea level, with a range of 13 miles. In 1903, an oil house was added. In 1987, Brown’s Head Light became automated. The bell tower was torn down and the bell is now on display at the Vinalhaven Historical Museum. A fog signal took its place and sounds one blast every 10 seconds in the event of limited visibility.

Aerial of Brown's Head Lighthouse

The lighthouse is owned by the town, and the town’s manager lives in the dwelling. The grounds are open to the public, but the tower and dwelling are closed. To reach the lighthouse by ground, from the island’s ferry terminal, travel 6 miles NW to the end of Brown’s Head Light Road.

Brown’s Head Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse

Blue Hill Bay Light (+44° 14′ 56.00″, -68° 29′ 55.00”) is located on the small island of Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, 3.7 miles southeast of Brooklin. The station has also been called Sand Island Light, and Eggemogin Light, because it is located at the eastern entrance of Eggemogin Reach. This lighthouse is a well-kept secret today, but in the 19th Century, the light guided many a ship into the busy lumber port of Ellsworth.

The lighthouse is a 22-foot tall, white, cylindrical, brick tower with a short, brick passageway connecting it to a wood-frame, one-and-a-half story, Colonial Cape dwelling. The original structure, outhouse, and barn were built in 1857, when the lighthouse was established by authorization from President Franklin Pierce. In 1905, a brick oil house and boathouse were added. A 1050-gallon tank collected rainwater, which provided water for the keeper and his family. The keeper’s house offers a sweeping 360° view of Blue Hill Bay, Mount Desert Island, Deer Isle, and Eggemogin Reach.

Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse

At high tide, Green Island is tiny, shrinking down to about an acre, but at low tide, the island is larger, with exposed ledges connecting it to nearby Flye Island. The ledges continue just beneath the water’s surface all the way to the mainland, and in the opposite direction, out into the bay, making the entire area hazardous to traffic.

The original beacon at Blue Hill Light was a fourth-order Fresnel lens showing a fixed white light with a visible range of 9 miles. In 1900, a fog bell in a bell tower with automated striking machinery was added. The light was decommissioned in 1933 and replaced in 1935 by a skeleton tower, which is still in use today.

Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse entrance

This lighthouse is best seen from Naskeag Road in Brooklin, or from the water, because the island and lighthouse are privately owned and not open to the public. The Maine Environmental Research Institute operates cruises out of Brooklin. Many of the cruises pass the lighthouse, and the “Ecocruise” almost always does. This lighthouse can also be viewed by air. Acadia Air’s Lighthouse Tour includes views of not only Blue Hill Bay Light, but also Schoodic Peninsula, the Cranberry Islands, Southwest Harbor, Bass Harbor and other area lighthouses.

In 1976, the lighthouse was purchased by Wilbur and Edith Trapp of New Jersey, who had the entire property restored. (They even restored the outhouse.) Since then, the property has been purchased by Jim and Alice Ann Madix. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Bass Harbor Head Light, Southwest Harbor, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse is located in Southwest Harbor on the southern end of Mt. Desert Island (+44° 13′ 19.00″, -68° 20′ 14.00″). It’s a cylindrical tower attached to a keeper’s house by a short, covered passageway. This 32-foot lighthouse was built in 1858 and is one of the most popular Maine lighthouses to photograph. It sits proudly atop a picturesque, pink cliff and is surrounded by dark evergreens. Though it is only 32 feet high, its light is 56 feet above sea level, thanks to the bluff on which it stands.

A fixed red light went into service on the first of September, 1858. It alerted mariners to the Bass Harbor Bar at the eastern entrance to the harbor. It also marked the southeast entrance to Blue Hill Bay. The original fifth-order Fresnel lens was replaced in 1901 by a fourth-order lens, which was manufactured in Paris by Henry-Lepaute. This lens remains in use today. The light was converted to electric operation in 1949 and is now automated, showing an occulting red light (3 seconds red, then 1 second darkness).

Bass Harbor Head Light, Southwest Harbor, Maine

The original keeper’s house was a 40 x 20′ wooden structure. The home had two stories and five rooms: a living room, kitchen, dining room and two bedrooms. There was an outhouse 50 feet away. In 1900, an addition was built, enlarging the kitchen, and adding an extra bedroom and a new bathroom.

For years, there was no pier at the station so landing a vessel was difficult, but in 1894, a boathouse and slip were added. A winch was added in 1895.

The lighthouse originally featured a hand-rung fog bell. A bell tower was added in 1876, and then in 1897, a brick fog signal building was erected a bit closer to the cliff. In 1898, a 4,000-pound machine-operated fog bell was suspended outside the fog signal building. This giant bronze bell was later replaced by a 1,800-pound version, which was replaced by a 1,500-pound version in 1949. A brick oil house was added in 1902, and a barn in 1905, both of which still stand today.

The last civilian keeper was Morton M. Dyer, who came in 1955. In his career, Dyer spent time at White Island Light in New Hampshire, and at Cuckolds and Deer Island in Maine. Dyer retired in 1957. The keeper’s house is now a private residence for a Coast Guard family.

Today, Bass Harbor is home to the ferry that runs to Swans Island. The station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Free parking is available in a large parking area, but is often limited in the summer months. The grounds are open year round from 9 a.m. to sunset. The lighthouse is not open to the public.

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