Lighthouse Related Links of British Columbia, Canada Pictures and information about the lighthouses on BC s west coast. Publicly Accessible lighthouses us National Park http://www.lanternroom.com/misc/lhlinks.htm
Extractions: Combines the work of photographer and lighthouse enthusiast Donald W. Carter with a comprehensive guide to lighthouses of Michigan, the Great Lakes, America and the world. Includes an expedition journal kept by Donald's wife Diana covering where they travelled to photograph the lighthouses, an alphabetical listing of all the lighthouses, a geographical index of the lighthouses listed by bodies of water and a search engine to look up areas of particular interest in the text. The page also offers a lighthouse bibliography that gives leads on good lighthouse research material and a guide to Internet lighthouse resources.
Lighthousing.net west coast lighthouses A forum to discuss lighthouses on the west coast Region of the us (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI) Moderators Ross, Pharoslvr, vacastle, Gary Martin http://www.lighthousing.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=index&c=1
OREGON COAST BEST BEACHES may already know, past all the us west coast states of state parks and vista points high on the coast. lighthouses Oregon is famous for many of the lighthouses http://boomersint.org/pchwy/oregon.htm
Extractions: Pacific Coast Hiway 101 will lead you to the Pacific rain forest country. Along the coastal towns there are list of places to visit such as: The Yaquina Head Lighthouse near Newport along the Oregon coast features tours. Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach is in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and is home to gulls and puffins. One of the many lovely spots. Sightseeing: If you love nature and natural beauty environment, you will like the Pacific scenery in Oregon better than anywhere else on the West Coast. In the fog and rain, it is blissfully gorgeous. Whenever the sun does shine of course, makes it even better. The only place on earth with comparable sea stacks is the southcoast of Australia. Some of the most spectacular -and popular- vista spots are along the coast between Lincoln City and Florence, and the scenery is spectacular from 50 miles or so going north from California. Probably the best view on the whole coast is at the Cape Perpetu, a Scenic Area just south of the Yachats. The view takes in 150 miles of coastline. Good restaurants: Restaurants and bars or pubs in Oregon is right up there with California, especially in Pacific Rim and West Coast nouveau cuisine. The growing excellence of the state's wineries, coupled with abundant supply of oceanic catches, means a chance to eat well while staring at all those gorgeous sea stacks.
Legendary Lighthouses: Great Stories-Pacific North West Accessible; Owner/Manager us Army Corps of Engineers lease to Oregon State Parks; Current light for This makes it unique among west coast lighthouses. http://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/html/pnwgs.html
Extractions: Great Stories: Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest New Dungeness Lighthouse San Juan Islands Umpqua River Coquille River ... Cleft-of-the Rock Umpqua River Lighthouse, Winchester Bay , Oregon 1894 Owned by U.S. Coast Guard; present aid to navigation; grounds and lighthouse accessible to public. The original Umpqua River Lighthouse was built in 1857 to mark the entrance to the Umpqua River and to warn mariners of a deadly shifting sandbar that had caused numerous shipwrecks. However, this lighthouse succumbed to floods and rains and the tower collapsed six years after it was erected.It took 30 years until another lighthouse was built in its place. The present lighthouse was built in 1894 and stands to this day. A twentieth century pirate story took place in 1909 when French West and George Washington Wise boarded the Alaska Pacific Navigation Company liner Buckman in an effort to kill the crew, run the vessel aground near the Umpqua River and make off with a shipment of gold they believed to be aboard. Wise held the ships officer and helmsman hostage in the pilothouse while West went to rouse Captain Edwin Wood, who was asleep in his cabin. West killed him with a shotgun blast. The shot alarmed Wise, who ran from the pilothouse. The helmsman gave the alarm, which aroused the crew. In a shoot-out, West was wounded and he leaped over the side, never to be seen again. Wise was found cowering below deck and he was overpowered and turned over to authorities. He was sent to an asylum for the criminally insane. Ironically, the
Legendary Lighthouses: Great Lighthouses-Washington Fuca. It is one of the original 16 lighthouses designated by the us Lighthouse Service to be built on the west coast. There was http://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/html/pnwwagl.html
Extractions: Great Lighthouses Washington: Lighthouses of the Pacific Northwest Cape Disappointment Cape Flattery Cape Destruction Grays Harbor Cape Disappointment Lighthouse , Washington, - 1856 Open to public; active aid to navigation; owned and managed by Coast Guard. Oldest operating lighthouse in the Pacific Northwest. Area has lots of history. Cape Disappointment received its name in 1778 from fur trader John Meares, who was looking for a river. When he decided that no river existed, he called the area Cape Disappointment. Lighthouses of the Pacific p. 135-6). The second shipment arrived in 1854 and then it took two more years to build at a cost of $38,500. This was more than 1/4 of the original amount of $148,000 allotted for the original 8 lighthouses for the West Coast. In 1864 received unwelcome neighbors when Fort Canby was erected to guard the Columbia River during the Civil War. Blasts from the big guns used to shake the lighthouse and occasionally break windows. During World War II, Japanese submarines surfaced off Fort Stevens on the South side of the river and lobbed in several shells at Fort Canby. The Fort is a Washington State Park and popular picnic and camping grounds. Early Keepers Stories: Joel Munson, keeper in 1860, upset by the many shipwrecks, decided to raise money for a life-saving boat by holding square dances in Astoria, where he played the fiddle and charged $2.50 entrance fees.
New England Lighthouses FAQ Database - A Bravenet.com Faq All lighthouses in the us are now automated. There are a few in other nations that are not automated, including some on the west coast of Canada. http://pub1.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=54640959&catid=756
Parks And Recreation - Lighthouse Field The first west coast railroad wasn t finished until 1869 and the large scale It remained in this new position until 1939 when all us lighthouses were taken http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/parksrec/parks/light.html
Lighthouse Service History In 1852 Congress passed legislation to establish a us Lighthouse Board that Board also oversaw the construction of the first lighthouses on the west coast. http://www.michiganlights.com/lighthouseservice.htm
Extractions: Prior to 1789, during the colonial period, each colonial government determined the need for a lighthouse in their colony, financed its construction, and oversaw its operation. Twelve colonial lighthouses remained in the hands of the individual states throughout the period of confederation with additional lighthouses being erected. On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed the ninth act of the United States Congress which provided that the states turn over their lighthouses, including those under construction and those proposed, to the central government. In creating the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment, aids to navigation became the responsibility of the Secretary of the Treasury. Initially Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton reviewed contracts and the appointment of keepers before sending these documents to President Washington for his signature. In 1792 Hamilton turned over the administration of aids to navigation to the Commissioner of Revenue until Albert Gallatin became Secretary of the Treasury. Gallatin kept control of lighthouses for nearly all of his two terms in office when this responsibility went back to the Commissioner of Revenue. The commissioner retained this duty until the office was abolished in 1820. At that time, Stephen Pleasonton, Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, was assigned the responsibilities of the commissioner. The administration of lighthouses on the local level was done by the collector of customs.
West Coast Trail will need to plan your trip on the west coast Trail It was the start for us, but either way, you have to One of the last few manned lighthouses on the west coast http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/hiking/articles/actionshop/westcoast.htm
Lighthouses@Lighthouse Depot ... Pacific Coast Alaska and the us Revenue Cutter Service Pacific Northwest lighthouses by Roberts Jones Sentinels of Solitude west coast lighthouses Sentinels of Solitude http://www.lighthousedepot.com/Category.cfm?CFTREEITEMKEY=34
Lighthouse Links pictures of lighthouses in the us and Canada. Rosses Point On the west coast of Ireland Michigan lighthouses An Aerial Photographic Perspective - Spectacular http://www.lighthousedepot.com/Digest/Links.cfm
Extractions: Product Categories Harbour Lights Clothing Furnishings Books Prints Videos New Items (Alphabetical) Anchor Bay Calendars CD-ROM's Century Lights Christmas Clearance! Computer Gift Certs Jewelry Keepers Kinkade Lefton Misc Old Salts Primrose Path Puzzles Spoontiques more... Help? FAQ's E-News Links full list... Other Lighthouse Related Sites Lighthouse Preservation/Management organizations Note: For organizations related to a particular lighthouse, information is included in the Lighthouse Explorers Database. United States American Lighthouse Foundation - Based in Wells, Maine. Working for the preservation and restoration of lighthouses, as well as lighthouse,lightship and lifesaving station artifacts and documents throughout America. Be sure to check the links to the individual chapters. Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society - Focuses on implementing the U.S. Lighthouse Society's goals in the Chesapeake Bay area,particularly with regard to the lighthouses and lightships of Virginia and Maryland. Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.
Publicly Accessible Pacific Coast Lighthouses ADMISSION Access 31501 PALOS VERDES DRIVE west Phone (310 Nearest City PETROLIA Owner/Manager us BUREAU OF ACROSS FOUR MILE CREEK FROM LIGHTHOusE ROAD Phone http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/paciflt.html
Publicly Accessible Mid Atlantic Coast Lighthouses 2916 PINEY POINT LIGHT Location POTOMAC RIVER west OF PINEY OFF PINEY POINT ROAD ONTO LIGHTHOusE ROAD TO Nearest City SCOTLAND Owner/Manager us NAVY Current http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/midatlt.html
Lighthouses The Metal Man of Rosses Point on the west coast of Ireland about tours and the lightstation Publicly Accessible lighthouses - us National Park http://home.adelphia.net/~alafl/lthouse.htm
Extractions: Lighthouses This area is under construction. Please check out and enjoy a visit to the links listed below while I update this site. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Some of my Favorite Links These are some lighthouse websites and lighthouse-related links I have found to be informative and well worth visiting. If you know of a lighthouse site that you would like added to this list, please e-mail me , and I'll add it! All sites are listed alphabetically within categories. Bill's Lighthouse Getaway - extensive collection (color photos, stories, bios); indexed by geographic area, this site is a "virtual" visit to various lighthouses in the U.S.
Extractions: POINT SUR, CALIFORNIA - In a ceremony today at Point Sur National Historic Park off scenic California Highway 1, Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton signed documents to transfer Point Sur Lighthouse from the U.S. Coast Guard to the California state parks. The event marked the first transfer of its kind on the West Coast, and she announced other lighthouses to follow in California, Washington, and Hawaii. Noted celebrants at the ceremony included California Resources Agency Secretary Michael Chrisman, state parks director Ruth Coleman, Monterey district park supervisor Phil Jenkins, GSA Regional Administrator Peter Stamison, Coast Guard 11th District Chief of Staff James Hass, U.S. Lighthouse Society President Wayne Wheeler and Central Coast Lighthouse Keepers Association director Doug Williams. "Point Sur Light Station has been in continuous operation for 115 years. It stands as a witness to the journeys of seafarers a hundred years ago and to the migrations of whales today," Norton said. "This is the only complete turn-of-the-century light station open to the public in California. It preserves a sense of the drama and isolation of the chain of sixty California lighthouses begun in 1852 and managed by the Coast Guard until recently."
Charts - Navigation & Safety The us coast Guard Historian s Office lighthouses Marine Model Gallery (Miniature lighthouses), Introduction. from two west coast lighthouse lovers), Introduction. http://www.electronics-ee.com/Boat/Navigation_&_Safety/Charts.htm
Lighthouses Of Western Washington Alas, the compound is staffed by the coast Guard and Road on the north or Highway 20 on the west. staffed by a local chapter of the us Lighthouse Society and http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/041896/litelist_top.html
Extractions: SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER A light and fog signal were first placed here in 1887, with the present structure built in 1933. A fog detector activates a horn that sounds about 837 hours per year, one of the most frequent in Puget Sound. It's surrounded by a picnic area and small beach now maintained by the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma, on Wan-I-Da Avenue, reached via Hyada Avenue off East Side Drive. At a particularly scenic spot on the easternmost tip of Maury Island (an eastern extension of Vashon Island), the present 38-foot tower and signal building were built in 1915. This lighthouse was originally a lens lantern suspended from a 25-foot post, erected in 1893. The building is sometimes open for tours on summer weekends. Reach it by heading east on Southwest Point Robinson Road to a 'T' and then turn south (right) on Southwest Luana Beach Road to a small parking lot.
Guiding Lights feet, is the tallest on the west coast and still For a list of lighthouses in the United States addressed, stamped envelope to the us Lighthouse Society, 244 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/041896/lite18_top.html
Extractions: SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Climbing the spiral steps and looking out from the lantern room, you find yourself wondering about these curious round houses, these beacons of the brine built along the edges of earth. How many mariners fighting rough seas sighed with relief when they spotted the beam shining from this lighthouse? How many corrected their course when the mournful wail of its horn reached their ears though thick fog? Did bootleggers decades ago keep the light at starboard on nighttime runs? "They're kind of like America's castles," says Bosun's Mate Chief Gene Hullette, chief of the Aids to Navigation team at Coast Guard Station Port Angeles. "To a sailor, a lighthouse means you're home. They symbolize a sentinel. It's always there." In an age of satellite navigation systems and radar, lighthouses are less important than decades ago, but in Washington there are still more than 20 in operation, though they're now automated. Others were decommissioned and either demolished, leased to the state for parks or interpretive centers, or left crumbling to the elements.
Rhonda & Doug's Lighthouse Page ... CA (515 ft). First Americanbuilt west coast Lighthouse - Alcatraz. Government - Montauk Point, NY (1797). Founding of the us Lighthouse Service - 7 August 1789. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Bluffs/2423/lighthouses.html
Eastern Beaches Of The USA - Lighthouse Directories original pictures of lighthouses in the us, Canada, England lighthouses on the east coast, midatlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes and west coast can be http://www.easternbeaches.com/links/lighthousedirectories.html
