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| The Light on Great Duck Island (wikipedia) |
the amount of $30,000.00 for the construction and purchase of property. Work began in November 1890, in January, just months before, a lumber schooner from Lubec, Maine ran aground and sank on Great Duck, 3 sailors were killed and are buried on the island.
Construction consisted of a double boat slip, the Light itself and three keepers houses. Also built were an oil house and a building for the fog horn and bell.
A son of a former keeper once reported that the fog horn once sounded for 13 straight days, his quote "it's noisy down there", sums it up nicely.
The light was automated in 1986, the land and buildings are now owned by the College of the Atlantic (www.coa.edu) in nearby Bar Harbor. The College uses the remaining keepers house as a "headquarters" for the studies conducted on the island. The Island itself is home to many pairs of breeding birds which aid the students in their research.
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| The remaining house (www.coa.edu) |
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| An aerial view when all buildings were intact (USCG) |
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| Locations of Lights in Frenchmans Bay |
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