Lighting the Way.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Lighthouses were built to be seen from the water and Maine Maritime Museum offers the chance to see ten of Maine’s finest lighthouses the way they were meant to be seen!

On this cruise we saw all the lighthouses along the Kennebec Historic Waterway and through Boothbay Harbor.

Doubling Point Lighthouse-Built in 1898, it is a white octagonal tower placed on the upper end of Fiddler’s Reach.
Kennebec Range Lights-A unique set of two beacon towers designed to help ships maneuver through a difficult bend of the river.
Squirrel Point Lighthouse-A small, white wooden tower with a small room and attached walkway. Built in 1898.
Perkins Island Lighthouse-A white, wooden octagonal tower, with the keeper’s house, barn and stone bell tower.

Pond Island Lighthouse-A white conical tower near the mouth of the Kennebec River. No other buildings remain on Pond Island.
Seguin Island Lighthouse-Located two miles south of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The tower is only 53 feet tall and has one of the most powerful foghorns made.
The Cuckolds Lighthouse-Originally only a fog signal, the light protects the heavy boat traffic into Boothbay Harbor
Ram Island Lighthouse-This lighthouse marks Fisherman Island Passage.
Burnt Island Lighthouse-Situated one mile outside of Boothbay Harbor, this lighthouse is now a Maine state-owned educational facility.
Hendricks Head Lighthouse-Now privately owned, this lighthouse is on the Sheepscot River in Southport.

Doubling Point

Perkins Point light
Fort Popham is a Civil War-era coastal defense fortification at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine. It is located in sight of the short-lived Popham Colony and, like the colony, named for George Popham, the colony's leader.

Rena K.