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It's spooky season, so you know what that means! We are covering a haunted lighthouse today along Lake Superior. Big Bay Point Lighthouse is the biggest integral lighthouse we have ever seen, with 18 rooms and enough space for it to now be a large bed and breakfast! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Big Bay Bed and BreakfastBig Bay SuicideBig Bay Point Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsBig Bay Lighthouse HauntingsBig Bay Point | USLHS

We are headed to Ireland, where the grass is green, the beer is Guinness, and the lighthouses are OLD! With a history that goes back to the 1600s, Baily Lighthouse's lens has seen some deadly shipwrecks and beautiful weddings! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: https://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=430https://curiousireland.ie/the-baily-lighthouse-howth-co-dublin/https://www.mariner.ie/Exhibition/the-baily-optic/Gustaf Dalén - Wikipedia https://www.earlscliffe.com/history/howth/baily-lighthouse.phpSounding the Sumburgh Foghorn

While there used to be four Green Island Lighthouses in Nova Scotia, a couple renamings left us with two. Listen in as we cover a lighthouse that was a fog station much longer than a light station and another that had four tower variations in its lifetime. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Gun-Cotton- It's History, Manufacture, Use | Lieutenant Karl Rohrer July 1889Green Island (Chebogue Point) Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsGreen Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsNova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society

Ahoy everyone! The Lighthouse Lowdown is back! We are continuing with our Green Island series, this time traveling to Western Canada where you may spot a beautiful white and red light station on a lone island in the most dangerous body of water on Canada shores.

Also known locally as Goat Island Lighthouse, Newport Harbor Lighthouse was extended out onto a breakwater with its original tower being used in Prudence Island. The lighthouse and its city go all out for the holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Lighthouse Lowdown! We will be back in 2026. References: The Cutters, Boats, and Aircraft of the US Coast GuardNewport Harbor Lighthouse Christmas Lighting EventNewport Harbor Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsKeeper's Log Spring 2016 | USLHS

We are continuing our Green Island series with this Wisconsin gem, which had survived two explosions and a devastating forest fire, but ultimately succumbed to time. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Doomsday List | Lighthouse DigestGreen Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsPrivate Islands Inc.

We are starting a fun series with the Green Island Lighthouses of the world, starting with Ohio! It's not often you hear of a lighthouse that burns down twice, and unfortunately this history has put our light on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Green Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsGreen Island Light Station | USLHS Archives

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank November 10th, 1975. Gordon Lightfoot's song brought it to posterity in 1976, and we've been talking about it since. Listen in as Vince does a solo-episode about the infamous ship, wreck, and song! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics | Genius LyricsThe Cruelest Month - Edmund Fitzgerald Newsweek, November 24, 1975 | PDF | Water Transport | ViolenceTIL Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" when he saw the name misspelled as "Edmond" in Newsweek magazine. He felt the misspelling dishonored the memory of the 29 men who died when the freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975. : r/todayilearnedSS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia#105 - Marine casualty report : SS Edmund Fitzgerald; sinking in Lake ... - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library

Like most beachy lighthouses, Point Betsie battled shifting sands for its whole lifetime, now shielded by at least three methods of erosion control to keep the light shining! Point Betsie Lighthouse is a standing testament to what a community can do (whether that's saving a lighthouse, building a road, or saving lives) when they work together. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Point Betsie Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsFriends of Point Betsie LighthouseAnnual Reports of the Lighthouse Board| National Archives and Records Administration

Although this was the last lighthouse built in Connecticut, it is the first for us to cover in the state, and the first we've covered that skipped straight to 200 Watt bulbs! Avery Point Lighthouse was built by the Coast Guard in 1944 as a part of their training center, later becoming a physics laboratory for the University of Connecticut. Thank you to all who left us reviews! Merch (and a giveaway) is coming your way. References: Avery Point Light | American Lighthouse FoundationAvery Point Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsAvery Point | USLHSAvery Point Light | Wikipedia

Listener Lighthouse! I'm trying to think of a lighthouse where I have this hard of a time saying it's name out loud... Regardless, Crisp Point Lighthouse was close neighbors with a Life-Saving Station, along with three others built along "Shipwreck Coast" in 1876. This red-capped light still shines today as a private ATON. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Crisp Point Light Historical SocietyCrisp Point Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends Light Lists | Navigational Center USCG

What's prettier than a lighthouse on a cliff edge? Point Bonita lives up to its name, adjacent to a mini version of the Golden Gate Bridge. It shines on to this day with its original second order Fresnel lens! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: https://miladidit.com/2017/12/12/point-bonita/Point Bonita LighthousePoint Bonita Lighthouse - Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)Point Bonita Lighthouse, California at Lighthousefriends.com

In honor of Maine Open Lighthouse Day coming up on September 13, we are covering one of the over a dozen participants! Little River Lighthouse's forest green-turned-mint lantern room is just a plus. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Maine Open Lighthouse Day 2025 | American Lighthouse FoundationLittle River Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsMaine Open Lighthouse Day at Little RiverLittle River Light History | New England Lighthouses

Not many original lighthouses last longer than their replacements, but this is the case for the second oldest brick lighthouse in American history! Sapelo Island Lighthouse was lit in 1820, and still stands today on the island with the last known Gullah community. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Stations | USLSSHAOhio Life Saving Station No. 10 | Belle of LouisvilleSapelo Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsUSLHS Keeper's Log 1988

Where is whitefish fishing good? Probably at the Whitefish Township, at Whitefish Point in Whitefish Bay...which is why we needed Whitefish Point Lighthouse! Have I said whitefish too much? This skeletal lighthouse is unique in many ways, with a decagonal lantern room, second floor covered walkway, and a lifeboat station that physically left the grounds to return decades later. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com References: Stations | USLSSHAWhitefish Point Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsWhitefish Point Lighthouse | Great Lakes Shipwreck MuseumWhitefish Lifeboat Station