By Sue Clark on Mar 7, 2008 in For Sale | Leave a Comment 
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Vandalism Forces Sale
The village of Grand Manan on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, has put the 1858 Swallowtail Lighthouse Keeper’s home on the market, according to a story at CBC News Canada. Used as a six room Bed and Breakfast, the home has been owned by the village since the lighthouse was automated in 1986. Swallowtail Lighthouse, on the north head of the island in the Bay of Fundy, was in the news a year ago when it was almost consumed by fire, along with the inn, except for the quick thinking of the volunteer firefighters.
By Sue Clark on Mar 5, 2008 in News | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Volunteer Sought To Live At Lighthouse
Mission Point Lighthouse in Traverse City, Michigan, will open to the public May 1. And the Peninsula Township Parks Board is looking for a caretaker for the lighthouse. The house the caretaker will live in is integral to the (decommissioned) light, and after discussion last year on security measures, the Board has apparently decided a volunteer caretaker would be the way to go for security. The PDF File with the discussion on the plan is available here if anyone’s interested.
By Sue Clark on Feb 28, 2008 in News | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Erosion Straightens Tower
In a reverse to most stories about global warming and erosion damaging our lighthouses, an inactive lighthouse in Estonia, the Kiipsaare Lighthouse on the island of Saaremaa, has actually straightened up due to erosion. The tower, constructed in 1933, began to list to one side (due to erosion) around 1991. A comparison of photos taken in 1981 and 1990 shows that the coastline had eroded at a rate of three meters (about 10 feet) per year. As the water edged closer to the lighthouse, the waves slammed the tower, and sucked the sand from underneath the base. A story in the Batic Times says the return to the straight and narrow was first noticed by a keeper at a nearby nature preservation center on January 25 of this year.
By Sue Clark on Feb 26, 2008 in Featured | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Twenty People Look Inside Currituck’s House
Although Currituck Lighthouse is open for climbing, the keepers’ house has been shuttered to visitors since it was restored in the 1980s. Last week, the site manager opened the house to twenty visitors for a rare tour through the big house, which sits only fifty feet from the tower. According to a story in the the Virginian Pilot, many more people had to be turned away. Over 100,000 climb the tower each year, but most can only see the house from the top, as in the picture to the left.
By Sue Clark on Feb 25, 2008 in News | Leave a Comment Print This Post
Cape Lookout Closed To Visitors
Dangerously deteriorating conditions on the spiral staircase at Cape Lookout Lighthouse, North Carolina, has led the Cape Lookout National Seashore to suspend all open houses until repairs are completed. The four open houses each year are limited and by reservation only, and are gone within a matter of hours. It was hoped the tours would be able to be continued while restoration work took place, but an engineering report quelled that idea.
Three hundred fifty miles upstream from the mouth of the Columbia River at the junction of the Snake River in Washington State, sits the city of Kennewick. With Richland and Pasco, it’s the largest of the three known as the TriCities. Years ago, it was explored by Lewis and Clark, the first American overland expedition to the Pacific from the mouth of the Missouri River. Nearby is the Sacajawea State Park, the Native American who traveled the entire 4,100 mile route with the group. More recently, in 1996, the city became known for the discovery of the 9,000 year old Kennewick Man, found along the banks of the Columbia.
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