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June 10, 2025

Lighthouses of the world

  • June 10, 2025
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There are over 20,000 functioning ligIhthouses around the world. I have seen about 75 of them  over the years. 

Many of them on the Pacific coast and the Great Lakes 

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    DaveMcK
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    June 27, 2025

    A.L.🗼🗼The Petit Minou Lighthouse (Phare du Petit Minou) is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané

    . Finistère, France.
    Constructed 1848
    Automated 1989
    Photo credit: Oliver.s bleddeneffekte.de📸

     

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      June 28, 2025

      The Milwaukee Breakwater lighthouse was built in 1926 in the harbor of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin to mark the harbor entrance. 

       

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      Jackson's Point Lighthouse 

      In 2018, Council authorized staff to work with a local resident on a proposal to design and construct a lighthouse at Jackson’s Point Harbour to replace the previous day marker. The lighthouse is intended to celebrate the spirit of Jackson’s Point and the harbour as a destination on Lake Simcoe. Construction completed in 2020 and the lighthouse is now operational. 

      The goal of the lighthouse is to provide improved safety to boaters approaching from Lake Simcoe, and commemorate a lasting impression and legacy to the people of Jackson’s Point, who invested in their community to make it a better place for generations to come.

      Throughout 2018, Town staff worked to develop the concept for the lighthouse to ensure the structure would meet or exceed applicable standards.

       

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      June 29, 2025

      Vancouver Island, Lighthouse

       

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        Awaiting the dawn of another day at Bass Harbor Head Light in Tremont, Maine.

         

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          DaveMcK
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          Reflected majesty on a calm day at Rock of Ages Light, Isle Royale National Park, MI on Lake Su

          perior. This lighthouse is currently being restored by the non-profit group Rock of Ages Lighthouse Preservation Society - Photo courtesy of Isle Royale National Park, National Park Service

           

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          June 30, 2025

          Sunrise at the retired Cheboygan Crib Light, MI on Lake Huron which is located in Cheboygan's Gordon Turner Park. This diminutive light is open Thursday-Sunday during the summer season for tours provided by members of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association manning the nearby Cheboygan River Front Range Light - Photo courtesy of Cheboygan Area Visitors Bureau

           

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          "Took this photo with a film camera in 1997. It is Start Point Lighthouse. The name “Start” derives from an Anglo-Saxon word steort, meaning a tail. Following countless shipping disasters and heavy loss of lives, the lighthouse flashed its warning for the first time in 1836."

          Photo take by David C Neilsen

           

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          Wave-Swept Lighthouse in Brittany, France

          The province of Brittany, in Northwestern France, forms a large peninsula that stretches out into the Atlantic Ocean.

           

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          July 1, 2025

          Davaar island lighthouse off Campbeltown, Scotland. It was built in 1854, by the lighthouse engineers David and Thomas Stevenson. My photograph.David Russell 

           

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