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Little River Light

Little River Lighthouse Memories

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 14, 2020

The following comments were made by Neil Corbett, son of Willie Corbett, who served as keeper of Little River Lighthouse in Cutler from 1921 to 1945. The quotes appeared in the book, The Rockbound Coast: Travels in Maine, by Christopher Little, 1994. In speaking of Little River Light Station, Neil Corbett stated, “I lived in […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: clockwork mechanism, cutler, fog bell, fresnel lens, keeper, lighthouse, little river, maine, neil corbett, willie corbett

Little River Island, Cutler, Maine

A Lighthouse Needed on Little River Island

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 25, 2020

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 […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: 1843, bay of fundy, cutler, iwp lewis, lighthouse, little river, maine

Lantern at Little River

The Lantern at Little River Light is Sealed and Gleaming

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: November 18, 2019

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 […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, cutler, j.b. leslie company, lantern, lighthouse, little river, maine, pane glass, repainting

Little River Light Station, Cutler, Maine

On the Doorstep of Safe Refuge and Still Wrecked at Little River Light

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: October 17, 2018

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 […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: augusta e herrick, cross island, cutler, harbor, keeper, lifesaving station, lighthouse, little river, lucius davis, maine, schooner, shipwreck, united states lifesaving service

Winter gale

Suiting Up for Winter Safety at Maine’s Little River Lighthouse

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: February 2, 2012

“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 […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bill kitchen, cutler, gale, hamilton marine, harbor, light station, lighthouse endeavor, little river, maine, mustang survival, winter, work suit

Little River

Lighthouse Keeper First To Welcome New Year

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: December 31, 2011

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 […]

Filed Under: Little River Lighthouse Tagged With: bill kitchen, cutler, downeast, lighthouse, lighthouse endeavor, little river, maine, new years day

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