Maine Memory Network

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Living at the Lighthouse Not an easy life those early days, roadless dense forest isolating the early lightkeepers from the small farming population…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Lubec, Maine - Links

"… of community members and visitors to the Lighthouse and Visitor Center, through education and displays, linking the lighthouse, community of Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Thomas Dexter was the first keeper 1810 • Committee chosen by people of Seward’s Neck to petition the legislature in Boston to be set off from Moose…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874. A log kept by the light keeper at West Quoddy Head…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… fine oil to sell to watchmakers and lighthouse keepers. Wabanakis harvested their own fish and sea mammals, but lard and flour usually came from…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Town of Islesboro purchased the lighthouse from the government for $1,200, to be made into a museum dedicated to honoring seafaring men from…"