In an 1843 report to Congress, civil engineer I.W.P. Lewis advocated for a lighthouse to be built on Little River Island in Cutler, Maine. It wasn’t until March 1847 when Congress finally appropriated $5,000 for a light station at Little River. The station was completed later that same year. The report’s text in regards to […]
The Lantern at Little River Light is Sealed and Gleaming
The American Lighthouse Foundation was able to use every bit of the 2019 work season by completing a $17,640 project at the end of October on the lantern at Little River Lighthouse in Cutler, Maine. The project’s scope of work included the replacement of all ten lantern panes of glass, each of which contained cracks […]
On the Doorstep of Safe Refuge and Still Wrecked at Little River Light
When storm winds blew and the seas grew large during the age of sail, schooners and fishing boats would often run for the nearest harbor of refuge to ride out the tempest. One such sought-after place was Cutler Harbor in Downeast Maine, whose entrance has been marked by the guiding gleams of Little River Lighthouse […]
Suiting Up for Winter Safety at Maine’s Little River Lighthouse
“A keeper not only has to be a steady steeple jack on the sides of his lighthouse, but he must also be a good enough boatman to navigate the water that separates him from the mainland.” – Robert Thayer Sterling, Lighthouses of the Maine Coast and the Men Who Keep Them, 1935 Time marches on […]
Lighthouse Keeper First To Welcome New Year
From a cold and lonely outpost off the coast of Cutler, Maine, a lone lighthouse keeper will be the first to welcome in the New Year at the most northeastern island light station in the United States. As part of an ambitious project called The Lighthouse Endeavor, modern day lighthouse keeper Bill Kitchen will be […]
Missing Cutler Lighthouse Lenses Sought
The Friends of Little River Lighthouse would like to know what happened to the two different lighthouse lenses that once used to shine from the tower of the 1876 Little River Lighthouse in Cutler, Maine. They believe that one, or perhaps both of the lenses, may be in private possession and they hope that a […]
