Bold Coast

From left to right:

West Quoddy, built 1808, current 1858. Marks SW entrance to Quoddy Chan. Eastern most point in continental U.S.A. Part of Quoddy Head State Park. - Whitlocks Mill, northernmost light in U.S. first built 1892, current in 1910. S bank of St. Croix River near Calais. Automated 1969. C.G. owns tower, grounds private. - Little River Light, built 1847, current 1876. On Little River Island at mouth of Little River and entrance to Culter Harbor. Automated 1975, skeleton tower is current light. - Machias Seal Island, in Maine waters but maintained by Canadian government - Sovereignty question. 12 miles off coast of Cutler, Maine. Island home to large population of puffins and sea birds. - Lubec Channel, cast-iron sparkplug style light built 1890 on W side of channel near Lubec. Autom. 1939. Renovated in 1992. - Mulholland Light, built 1885 on Canadian Campobello Is. on E side of Lubec Channel. In the Roosevelt Campobello International Park. - East Quoddy Light, built 1829 on most N point on Campobello Is. Maintained by Canadian C.G. Painted with the red cross of St. George. Incoming tide can rise as much as five feet per hour!

Casco Bay Area, Maine

From left to right:

Portland Head, est. 1791. First tower completed by US government. - Wood Island Light, built 1808 on E end of island, mouth of Saco River. - Portland (Bug Light) Breakwater, built 1905, south side of Portland Harbor. - Ram Island Ledge, built 1905, north side of Portland Harbor. - Goat Island Light, est. 1822, rebuilt in 1859 SW end of island. - Halfway Rock, built 1871, on rock ledge in Casco Bay ship lanes. - Cape Elizabeth ( Twin Lights ), both built 1874. W tower deactivated 1924, private. - Boon Island Light, this third tower built 1852. 133 ft. tallest in New England. - Spring Point Ledge, sparkplug light built 1897. BKW built 1951. - Isle of Shoals, (White Island) est. 1821, current tower 1859. On NH Is. - Whaleback Ledge, built 1831, current 1872. - Portsmouth Harbor, (Fort Point/Newcastle) est. 1771, current 1877. At NH's Fort Constitution. - Cape Neddick (Nubble), built 1879 at N end of York Beach. Automated 1987.

Connecticut

From left to right:

Southwest Ledge, New Haven - Avery Point, Groton - Black Rock Harbor (Fayerweather Is), Bridgeport - Straford Point, Stratford - Mystic (Brant Point replica), Mystic - Lynde Point (Saybrook), Old Saybrook - Latimer Reef, near Stonington - Faulkner Is, near Guilford - Stamford Harbor (Chatham Rock), Stamford - New London Ledge, New London - Five Mile Point (Old New Haven), New Haven - Saybrook Breakwater, Old Saybrook - Stonington Harbor, Stonington - New London Harbor, New London - Bridgeport Breakwater (Tongue Point), Bridgeport - Greens Ledge, Norwalk Islands.

Historic Nantucket

From left to right:

Nantucket Life Saving Station, this replica, built 1969, opened in 1972 as a museum. On site, the 1857 Fresnel lens from Great Point Lighthouse. - Great Point Light, stone tower built 1818. 1984 storm/erosion destroyed. Current replica built 1986, 300 yds W of first site. Part of the Coatue Wildlife Refuge. - Jethro Coffin House, built 1686. Only building left from islands’ original 17th century England settlement. Oldest home on island. - Sankaty Head Light, built 1849 on most SE headland in New England. Original Fresnel lens in the Whaling Museum. - Old Brant Point, built on Brant Pt. in 1856. Channel shifts made it obsolete in 1900. Now C.G. communications station. - Brant Point Light, first built on point 1746. Current (10th) built 1900. At 26 feet high, lowest light in New England. - The Old Mill, built 1746, oldest working smock mill in US. With stationary body, moving cap turns sails into wind. - Surfside Life Saving Station, built 1873, now Star of the Sea Youth Hostel. S tip of island, near the Surfside Beach.

Maine

From left to right:

Machias Seal Island - Matinicus Rock - Portland Breakwater - Marshall Point - Monhegon Island - Heron Neck - Saddleback Ledge - Pond Island - West Quoddy Head - Burnt Coat Harbor - Spring Point Ledge - Pemaquid Point - Perkins Island - Ram Island - Owls Head - Cape Neddick - Doubling Point.

Penobscot Bay

From left to right:

Rockland Breakwater Light, est. 1827, current 1902. End of 7/8 mile bkw. off Jameson Pt. - Indian Island, est. 1850, current 1875, discontinued 1934. Private property. - Grindle Point, est. 1850, rebuilt 1874, deactivated 1934, relit 1987. On Gilkey Hbr. - Curtis Island, built 1835, replaced in 1896. S side Camden Harbor entrance Autom. 1972. - Owl's Head Light, Est. 1825, automated 1989. S of Rockland Harbor. - Hernon Neck Light, built 1854 on S tip of Green Island marks east side Hurricane Sound. - Goose Rocks Light, sparkplug light built 1890. Between Vinalhaven and N Haven Is. - Fort Point Light, est. 1836, rebuilt 1857 in Fort Point State Park. - Matinicus Rock, 1827 twin towers built, rebuilt 1848, 1857. In 1927, N tower discontinued. - Browns Head, built 1832 and 1857 on Vinalhaven Is. - Two Bush Island, built 1897 at N end of Two Bush Channel. - Rockland Harbor, SW, private built 1981-1987. Marks the Seal Ledge.