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| West Quoddy Lighthouse and Visitor Center |
In 1806, a group of concerned citizens chose West Quoddy Head as a suitable place for a lighthouse to help mariners coming into the south entrance to Quoddy Roads, between the mainland and Campobello Island. According to some sources, Hopley Yeaton, an officer in the United States Revenue Cutter Service who is regarded as the father of the Coast Guard, played a role in the establishment of the station. Yeaton had retired to a farm in the area and was active in local affairs.
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The earliest light was constructed of wood and lasted only a few years. The second light was made from "rapple" or loose stone, it wasn't water tight at all and the interior would have a coat of ice all winter, the house built at the same time wasn't much better.
For a time during the war of 1812 the British held Eastport and Lubec and had control of the Light and kept it running. The English had promised to keep the Keeper and pay him, he worked all during that time no payment was forthcoming.
In 1857 the present light was built along with a one-and-one-half story house (now the visitor center), all for the sum of $15,000.00. It is made of brick, and painted white with horizontal red stripes. East Quoddy on the other side of that channel is also painted white with a red "cross", or one vertical stripe and one horizontal stripe. The channel separates Maine and Canada's Campabello Island.
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| A geography lesson |
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| Inside the tower, a lot of steps |
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| The lens |
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