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Families Drawn to Little River Lighthouse Open House
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Visiting a remote island lighthouse way “downeast” in
Maine is not just for the lighthouse aficionado, as was evident by the
last Open House of the season at Little River Lighthouse this past
August 14th.
“We had more families visiting the lighthouse than ever
before,” said Tim Harrison, chairman of the Little River Lighthouse
chapter of the American Lighthouse |
Photo by Timothy Harrison
Visitors to Little River Lighthouse
enjoyed touring the 15 acre island off the coast of
Cutler, Maine during the last Open
House of the 2010 season.
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Foundation. “We
were delighted to see so many children. These are memories these kids will
carry with them forever and never forget. Hopefully it will create enough of
an interest that some of them will eventually become the next generation of
caretakers.”
As well as getting an exciting boat ride to the island, many of the families
climbed the tower, toured the restored keeper’s house, viewed the new
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Photograph by Timothy Harrison
A picnic lunch being enjoyed by a family
during the Little River Lighthouse
Open House held on August 14, 2010.
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museum exhibit
area, and enjoyed a picnic lunch on the island provided by the
lighthouse volunteers.
As an extra special bonus, many of them were given a boat
ride around the island by local Cutler lobsterman John Drouin so that
they could experience firsthand what the mariners would view as they
approached the harbor. This enabled them to better understand |
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how the lighthouse
was used to warn the ships away from the treacherous rocks hidden just below
the water’s surface.
As one visitor
left the island, he said, “Just think, there are people in Las Vegas today
who think they are having a good time.”
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Little River
Lighthouse volunteer Patti Sears said it was the most hot dogs she had
ever cooked, but she had fun doing it and can’t wait until the first
Open House next year. She said she stopped counting hot dogs when she
went over 100
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Photograph by Timothy Harrison
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Photograph by Kathleen Finnegan
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Visitors line up by
the tower at Little River Lighthouse awaiting their turn to climb the
tower. It was a bright day and they were able to clearly see Grand Manan
Island and Canada’s Machias Seal Island Lighthouse in the distance
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Cutler, Maine lobsterman John
Drouin treated visitor at Little River
Lighthouse to boat rides around the island. Drouin’s wife and children
were also among the volunteers
on the island helping to cook hot dogs
and
acting at tower guides
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Photograph by Kathleen Finnegan
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Photograph by Judi Kearny
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Kelly Anne Loughery and Tim Harrison,
chairman of the Friends of Little River Lighthouse, a chapter
of the American Lighthouse Foundation.
Kelly drove three hours from Canada to attend the event. She is one of
Canada’s well known lighthouse historians
and supporter of lighthouse preservation.
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Posted: 8/26/2010
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