White Shoal, the Most Remote Lighthouse on Great Lakes Seeks Volunteer Keepers to Live for Days in the Middle of Nowhere
The tallest and most remote lighthouse in Michigan is searching for volunteers to serve as assistant keepers to live and work in complete solitude for days, according to a report.
The White Shoal Lighthouse, built 113 years ago, stands 125 feet tall in the Mackinac Straits on Lake Michigan. As one of the historic "crib" lighthouses sitting offshore on reefs, it was vital for navigation but has since transitioned into a preservation project led by the White Shoal Lighthouse Preservation Society, according to M Live.
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Oregon's only intact wooden lighthouse (Yaquina Bay) will get some TLC in the New Year
Sitting atop a bluff at the mouth of the Yaquina River is a small wooden lighthouse in need of repair. Soon, this piece of Oregon Coast history will undergo restorations meant to last for generations to come.
The Yaquina Bay lighthouse, which sits 161-feet above sea level, is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport. It's also the only Oregon lighthouse with living quarters attached and the last wooden lighthouse still standing on the coast.
Click here to see more of Yaquina Bay on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Annual Biloxi Lighthouse (MS) lighting marks start of holiday season
For those driving down Highway 90 in Biloxi, it's hard to miss the red and green lights displayed up the 64-foot tall lighthouse.
With Thursday night's lighting ceremony, many families came out to see the annual tradition that's been going on for around two decades.
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Ocracoke Light Station (NC) renovations continue; equipment delivers this week will require temporary closures of Lighthouse Road
Three separate deliveries of construction equipment associated with the lifting of the Ocracoke Double Keeper's Quarters are scheduled to occur this coming week.
During the deliveries, Lighthouse Road - between approximately Loop Road and Martha Jane Lane - will be closed for up to 30 minutes.
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Historic Hillsboro Inlet lighthouse (FL) glows once again for the holidays
The 147-foot Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse is festooned with a spectacular display of lights this holiday season, a tradition that began in 2020.
LED lights decorate each of the tower's 8 legs and one strand encircles the observation deck. Lighthouse Historian Ralph Krugler said that in the first year only he and Ken Herman, president of the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society, tackled the task.
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Dramatic Icicles Coat Trees and Lighthouse in Michigan as Temperatures Plummet
Dramatic icicles coated a pier and surrounding trees in Saint Joseph, Michigan, on Thursday, December 12, as subzero windchills continued in the region.
Nathan Voytovick, on Nate's Dronography, captured this footage showing waves slamming into the St Joseph North Pierhead Outer Lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan on Thursday morning.
Click here to read more and see the 1:57 video
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Holiday magic awaits at the gorgeous Nubble, ME, lighthouse
There's nothing like the beauty and stature of a lighthouse. These iconic structures sit idly by, almost stoic in nature, through changing seasons and fickle weather.
Maine is no stranger to these historic protectors of seafarers. Incredibly, the Pine Tree State still has 65 of them standing.
Click here to see more of Cape Neddick on the USLHS Research Catalog
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Point Pinos Lighthouse, CA
An emblem of Pacific Grove, Point Pinos Lighthouse is the oldest continually operating lighthouse on the West Coast and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, lenses and prisms in this Pacific Grove lighthouse are all original and it is still an active aid to navigation.
Point Pinos Lighthouse is on e of the six lighthouses along the coast for which Congress appropriated funds shortly after California statehood was ratified.
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Exploring Trinidad's 150-Year-Old Lighthouse
If you've spent any time up in Trinidad, you've surely noticed the Trinidad Memorial Lighthouse overlooking the parking lot at State Beach.
But have you ever explored its predecessor - the original Trinidad Head Lighthouse?
Click here to read more & see the 15:35 video
Click here to see more of Trinidad Head on the USLHS Research Catalog
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The U.S. Lighthouse Society is collecting your holiday photos all month long. Just send your favorite lighthouse all decked out with holiday spirit to ralph@uslhs.org to see your shots posted to our Instagram and Facebook pages! Just add the name of the lighthouse, photographer's name and the year it was taken.
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