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FPHL Five Lighthouse Cruise Departing Rye, NH

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 22, 2018

ALF’s Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses chapter hosts an annual five lighthouse cruise each year. This fun cruise will take place on September 22 starting at 8:30 a.m. aboard the M/V Granite State, departing from Rye Harbor on Route 1A in Rye, NH and will return at approximately 1:00 p.m. . The cruise will pass close […]

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Portsmouth Harbor

Keeper Joshua Card – A True Lighthouse Legend

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: September 13, 2018

During his illustrious career as a lighthouse keeper, Joshua Card was universally respected for his dedicated service and longevity – a total of forty-two years spent serving at Maine’s Boon Island (1867 to 1874) and New Hampshire’s Portsmouth Harbor (1874 to 1909). In 1908, the following account was published in the Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Boon Island Lighthouse, Lighthouse History, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: boon island, joshua card, keeper, lighthouse, portsmouth harbor

Jeremy D'Entremont presented a history of Boon Island Lighthouse during Boon Island Day on January 23, 2011 (Photo by Ann-Marie Trapani)

Boon Island Day Explores Lighthouse History and One Famous Shipwreck

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: February 3, 2011

It may be six miles out to sea, but the allure of Boon Island Lighthouse remains as strong as ever for coastal communities like York, Maine, and lighthouse enthusiasts everywhere. Two centuries after the first lighthouse was established on Boon Island in 1811, a sentinel still stands a lonely vigil at this wave-swept location. As […]

Filed Under: Boon Island Lighthouse Tagged With: bob trapani, boon island, boon island day, jeremy dentremont, jr, lighthouse, museums of old york, nottingham galley, richard bowen, stephen erickson, william o thomson

Boon Island Lighthouse

Boon Island Day to Highlight the Lighthouse and Wreck of the Nottingham Galley

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 18, 2011

The public is invited to a special “Boon Island Day” event at Old York’s Visitor Center at the Remick Barn, 3 Lindsay Road, in York, Maine, this coming Sunday, January 23, at 1:00 p.m. Five guest speakers will focus on the history of Boon Island, a remote, barren outpost about eight miles from the shores […]

Filed Under: Boon Island Lighthouse Tagged With: bob trapani jr, boon island, jeremy dentremont, lighthouse, nottingham galley, shipwreck, stephen erickson, warren riess, william o thomson

Wreck of the Nottingham Galley

Program to Explore the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley and Boon Island Lighthouse

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 27, 2010

On Saturday, December 11, 2010, at 1:00 p.m., there will be a special event at Sohier Park in York, Maine. It’s not a Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses event, but I thought you’d like to know about it. December 11 marks the 300th anniversary of one of the best known shipwrecks in New England history […]

Filed Under: Boon Island Lighthouse Tagged With: boon island, lighthouse, maine, nottingham galley, shipwreck

Boon Island Lighthouse – News Archives

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: November 22, 2010

Boon Island Lighthouse News Archives

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