The Inn at Cuckolds Lighthouse - Fox23 News Feature
The Inn at Cuckolds Lighthouse is the result of a 10-year effort to preserve an historic lighthouse at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor. The lighthouse and keepers' house have been rebuilt to look like the originals, but the interior of the keeper's house has been transformed into a luxurious, island bed and breakfast. This video was produced by Fox23 News in Portland, Maine, and originally aired July 6, 2014.
Burnt Island Lighthouse, Boothbay Harbor Maine
Burnt Island Lighthouse, Boothbay Harbor Maine
Built in 1821, the Burnt Island lighthouse is Maine's third oldest. Standing on an island at the west side of the entrance to Boothbay Harbor roughly 2.5 miles northwest of the Ram Island light, the original 30 foot, conical rubblestone tower stands not only as a marker of the harbor entrance but as a warning of the dangerous shoals nearby. in 1857, the original Lewis Patent reflectors were by a fourth order Fresnel lens. A 1.5 story keeper's residence with a covered walkway to the tower were also added that same year. The light caused some confusion among mariners and was blamed for several shipwrecks into the dangerous rocks known as The Cuckolds some three miles to the south. In 1888, the light was modified to better facilitate navigation (The Cuckolds lighthouse was also built in 1892 to further aid the trip in and out of Boothbay Harbor).
The Burnt Island lighthouse was the last in New England to be updated from kerosene to electricity in 1962 and was automated in 1989. Ownership of the station was transferred to the Maine Department of Marine Resources under the Maine Lights Program in early 1998. A private, non-profit group known as the Burnt Island Lighthouse Society actively works to preserve the site, which the state has developed into the Burnt Island Living Lighthouse where tourists find the light station operating much as it did in the 1800s. The site is very well preserved and still has its keepers residence and walkway, original fuel house, barn (1877), boathouse (1880), oil house (1899), and a hen house (1907). The first fourth order Fresnel lens was replaced by a second similar lens which was used until 1961 when it was replaced by a 300mm optic. Both Fresnels are on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland.
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After significant restoration efforts in the early 2000s, the light was rededicated in mid-2003. The site (excluding the tower which is still an active aid to navigation) is open to the public (207-633-9542) but accessible only by boat. The Burnt Island lighthouse can be seen from the east side of Boothbay Harbor but is best viewed via local boat tours out of Boothbay Harbor. The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath also offers tours in season
Maine Lighthouse Roadtrip !! 30 Lighthouses you can see along or from the Maine Coast
Maine Lighthouse Roadtrip !! 30 Lighthouses you can see along or from the Maine Coast
This video is provided as a guide to the beautiful lighthouses that can be visited or seen along the Maine Coast. There are many websites listing the 60+ Maine Lighthouses, but it is very time consuming to figure out which ones you can see without a boating excursion.
This video provides an overview of the lighthouses that seen from the coast. A few are somewhat distant and appear closer with drone photography or using a 1000mm lens. At the end of the video, there is a list of lighthouses on the coast that you can drive to and a second list of lighthouses that can be seen from a point along the coast, noting which are most distant. Visiting these lighthouses will take you to many great places along the Maine coast...even a distant peak at a lighthouse may become very memorable when you explore new different sections of the coast.
Below is a list of videos featuring specific lighthouses and each will note where the lighthouse can be observed from. Feel free to ask questions and I'll do my best to get back to you. The links to specific videos will be updated as new videos are added to YouTube.
Whaleback Light, Kittery
Nubble Lighthouse, Cape Neddick
Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse at Two Lights
Cuckolds Lighthouse, Boothbay Harbor:
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Lighthouses
Maine Lighthouses List
* Avery Rock Light, Machias Bay, Machias
* Baker Island Light, Mt. Desert Island
* Bass Harbor Head Light, Mount Desert Island
* Bear Island Light, Bear Island
* Blue Hill Bay Light, Green Island / Blue Hill Bay
* Boon Island Light, York
* Browns Head Light, NW end of Vinalhaven Island
* Burnt Coat Harbor Light, Hockamock Head / Swan's Island
* Burnt Island Light, Boothbay
* Cape Elizabeth Lights, Casco Bay entrance, Cape Elizabeth
* Cape Neddick (Nubble) Light, Cape Neddick, York
* Crabtree Ledge Light, Frenchman Bay, Crabtree Neck
* Cuckolds Light, Boothbay approach
* Curtis Island Light, Camden
* Deer Island Thorofare Light, Mark Island / Deer Island Thorofare
* Dice Head Light, Penobscot River mouth, Castine
* Doubling Point Range Lights, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
* Doubling Point Light, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
* Eagle Island Light, East Penobscot Bay
* Egg Rock Light, entrance to Frenchman Bay near Winter Harbor
* Fort Point Light, entrance to Penobscot River
* Franklin Island Light, Muscongus Bay
* Goat Island Light, Cape Porpoise
* Goose Rocks Light, east entrance Fox Islands Thoroughfare
* Great Duck Island Light, Blue Hill Bay approach
* Grindle Point Light, Gilkey Harbor
* Halfway Rock Light, Casco Bay
* Hendricks Head Light, Sheepscot River entrance
* Heron Neck Light, Green's Island
* Indian Island Light, Indian Island / Rockport Harbor
* Isle Au Haut Light, Robinson Point, Isle au Haut
* Kennebunk Pier Light
* Ladies Delight Light
* Libby Island Light, Machias Bay entrance
* Little River Light, Little River Island / Cutler Harbor
* Lubec Channel Light, Lubec Channel
* Manana Island Fog Signal Station, Manana Island near Monhegan Island
* Marshall Point Light, Port Clyde Harbor entrance
* Matinicus Rock Light, Matinicus Rock, off Matinicus Island
* Monhegan Island Light, Monhegan Island
* Moose Peak Light, Mistake Island / Eastern Bay
* Mount Desert Rock Light, south of Mount Desert Island
* Narraguagus Light, east side Pond Island / Narraguagus Bay
* Nash Island Light, southeast mouth of Pleasant Bay
* Owls Head Light, West Penobscot Bay / Rockland Harbor
* Pemaquid Point Light, Bristol
* Perkins Island Light, Perkins Island / Kennebec River
* Petit Manan Light, off Petit Manan Point
* Pond Island Light, Kennebec River entrance west side
* Portland Breakwater Light, South Portland
* Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth
* Prospect Harbor Point Light, Prospect Harbor Point
* Pumpkin Island Light, Eggemoggin Reach / Penobscot Bay
* Ram Island Ledge Light, Casco Bay
* Ram Island Light, Ram Island / Boothbay Harbor
* Rockland Harbor Breakwater Light, Jameson Point / Rockland Harbor
* Saddleback Ledge Light, Isle au Haut Bay
* Saint Croix River Light, Dochet Island, opposite Red Beach, St. Croix River
* Seguin Light, Georgetown
* Spring Point Ledge Light, South Portland
* Squirrel Point Light, Arrowsic Island / Kennebec River
* Tenants Harbor Light, Southern Island
* Two Bush Island Light, Two Bush Channel / Penobscot Bay approach
* West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec
* Whaleback Light, Portsmouth Harbor
* Whitehead Island Light, Whitehead Island / Penobscot Bay southern entrance
* Whitlocks Mill Light, St. Croix River south bank
* Winter Harbor Light, Mark Island / Winter Harbor
* Wood Island Light, Biddeford Pool
Burnt Island Light
The Burnt Island Light, built in 1821, is the second oldest surviving lighthouse in Maine. It hosts a living history museum run by the state Department of Marine Resources. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Burnt Island Light Station on November 23, 1977.
Burnt Island lies at the western entrance to Boothbay Harbor, a large natural harbor with the town of the same name at its northeastern corner. The island took its name from the practice of burning the island's vegetation in order to keep the land clear for sheep grazing.
Funds for building a light for Boothbay Harbor were appropriated in March 1821, and a petition by town officials and pilots for a lighthouse on the island met with purchase of the island within a few days. A granite rubble tower, lined with brick, was erected, together with a stone keeper's house, and late that summer the light was first exhibited, using the system of whale oil lamps and parabolic reflectors typical of the time. The original keeper's house was replaced in 1857 with the frame house that survives today; a covered walkway joined the house and the tower. At the same time a fourth order Fresnel lens was installed, the first of many changes in the lighting and characteristic of the beacon.
The original characteristic was a fixed white light; the intent of the light was to attract traffic to the harbor, not to warn of danger. In 1888, the light was blocked in sector to the southwest to prevent it from being seen by traffic coming up the coast from the south until they had cleared the Cuckolds, a pair of rocky islands at the mouth of Booth Bay. A year later the characteristic was changed again, this time to fixed red with two white sectors indicating the safe channels to either side of Squirrel Island. This brought about confusion with the Ram Island Light, and in 1901 the fixed light was removed and replaced with a rotating beacon consisting of a square box with a lens on each face. This lens served until 1962, when it was retired to a museum and replaced with an electrified beacon. It was the last lighthouse in Maine to be converted from kerosene.
A pyramidal wooden tower was constructed in 1895 to hold a fog bell. This was demolished in 1962 when the bell was moved to a metal frame and rung with an electric striker instead of clockwork. The station was automated in 1988, one of the last Maine stations to be manned.
In 1998 the island and light station were transferred to the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources as part of the Maine Lighthouse Program. The buildings have been restored, as far as possible, to their 1950s condition, and in 2003 a living history program was inaugurated.
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Brewster House Bed & Breakfast - Freeport Hotels, Maine
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast 3 Stars Hotel in Freeport, Maine Within US Travel Directory This historic bed and breakfast is within a 10-minute walk of the LL Bean Outlet store and 27.
4 km from downtown Portland, Maine.
The property offers room with free Wi-Fi.
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast rooms are cozy and uniquely decorated.
The rooms include a seating area and private bathroom.
Guests at the Brewster House are provided with a daily gourmet breakfast, prepared on site.
After a meal guests can relax in the garden or explore the area.
The B&B has a wine list available for guests upon request.
The Bed & Breakfast Brewster is within a 10-minute drive of Wolfe’s Neck State Park.
The Freeport bed and breakfast is 3.
2 km from the Mast Landing Bird Sanctuary.
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Boothbay Harbor swing bridge will be replaced
The Barters Island Bridge in Boothbay Harbor has been doing its job since 1931.
Tide Coming In - Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine
Reid State Park bears the distinct honor as being Maine's first State-owned Saltwater Beach. In 1946, prosperous businessman and Georgetown resident Walter E. Reid donated land to the State of Maine to be preserved forever, and a few years later Reid State Park became a reality.
Today, thousands of visitors enjoy the park's long, wide sand beaches like Mile and Half Mile, which are rare in Maine. Enjoyed as a recreational resource, the beaches are also essential nesting areas for endangered least terns and piping plovers and resting and feeding areas for other shorebirds. Rarer than beaches along Maine's coast are large sand dunes, like those at Reid. For a geologic tour of the beaches visit The Geology of Mile and Half Mile Beaches.
From the top of Griffith Head, a rocky headland overlooking the park, visitors can view sweeping seascapes and spot the lighthouses on Seguin Island, The Cuckolds, and Hendricks Head. Visitors can also see several islands, including: Damariscove, a thriving fishing community in Colonial times; Outer Head, protected as a tern sanctuary; and Southport, where noted naturalist Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring.
525) The Lighthouse Tale
Coming up! Was he an imaginary friend or a keeper’s ghost haunting a little girl’s room at Owl’s Head Lighthouse?
Of all the enchanting lighthouses on rocky coast of Maine, one stands out for its dramatic location and _______________ ghostly legends. But ghosts or no ghosts Owl’s Head lighthouse is so far from the ordinary – some say it’s out of this world.
“There are lots of stories here that are ________________. I definitely say Owl’s Head is one of Maine’s haunted lighthouses.”
Bill Thompson - Lighthouse Historian
To find the pine covered cliffs of Owl’s Head churn up the Atlantic coast. An hour north of Portland Maine. Straight through the heart of lobster country and into the mystical ground of Maine lighthouses.
Its name remains a mystery; perhaps earlier explorers imagined the eyes and beak of an owl in the rocky outcroppings. Whatever they saw it’s not evident today. But the aged old mystery at this lighthouse still _______________ and goes far beyond its name.
“Over the years I had a lot of keepers telling me stories about Owl’s Head. One I don’t miss is the mystery of footprints. It’s been told that many, many times over a mysterious footprints appeared, especially after a light rain and the mystery is they only go one direction. They come up the ___________ they go up the stairs and they get to the tower and if you continue on you will find that the brass has been cleaned and the __________ has been cleaned and that is a mystery.“
Bill Thompson - Lighthouse Historian
“To me it’s possible that the presence of the lighthouse keeper can still be in some form still present in the lighthouse after his death because there’s so emotional ties in those places. I don’t know the explanation.”
Jeremy D’Entremont – Lighthouse Historian
“Sometimes when they die the spirits stay ________ and I think it’s a keeper of Owl’s Head.”
Bill Thompson - Lighthouse Historian