Burnt Island Light

Burnt Island Light-click

  Not to be confused with Burnt Coat Harbor Light which I wrote about earlier (before I discovered the alphabet).  Located in the Town of Boothbay; Townsend when it was built.
  Settlers who depended on the sea for a livelihood kept running into trouble when entering the port in Boothbay and around the area of Damariscove Island.  Development of plans in 1812 and slowed by the war of the same name, a lighthouse was funded in 1820.
  A rubblestone tower some 20 feet tall and capped with an octagonal lantern 7 feet tall.  Lit by 10 whale oil lamps with 13 inch reflectors the Light went into service in 1821.
  The Light is now owned by the State of Maine, Department of Marine Resources.  It has been "restored" by grants from Steven and Tabitha King, the MBNA Foundation and the Davis Foundation, it is open to the public, and is reached by boat.

A recent photo courtesy of Balmy Harbor Cruises

An 1859 photo from the National Archives