Deer Island Thorofare Light
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Deer Island Quick Facts
Year Station Established: 1857
Is the Light operational? Yes
Year Light First Lit: 1858
Year Automated: 1958
Shape: Square
Tower Height: 25 ft.
Original Optic: 4th Order, Fresnel
Present Optic: 250mm
Existing Keepers Quarters? No
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Deer Island Thorofare Lighthouse Mark Island/Deer Island Thorofare, Maine
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Last Visited: July, 2000
History:
Deer Island Thorofare Light, also known as Mark Island Light, is a lighthouse on Penobscot Bay, Maine, about 1.8 nm west-southwest of Stonington. It was built in 1857.
The station was established in 1857 with the building of the current small square brick tower and a keeper's house. It was built at the time that the granite quarries on Deer Isle and Crotch Island, immediately to the east, were becoming important for the construction of public buildings throughout the eastern United States. It was automated in 1958. The keeper's house burned down in 1959 and the rest of the buildings were removed shortly thereafter. In 1998 control of the site was passed to the Island Heritage Trust, a local group which preserves historic sites in the area. They have promised to keep the island as a bird sanctuary.
It sits on a small island at the west end of the Deer Island Thorofare and of Merchant Row, two east-west passages among the small islands which lie between Deer Isle and Isle au Haut. The island is called "Mark Island" on NOAA charts 13302 and 13313, but "Marks Island" on the larger scale chart 13315. The light is called "Mark Island Light" on an early 20th century postcard and is still locally referred to by that name. Also confusing is that the large island to the north and the town on it are "Deer Isle", but the passage is "Deer Island Thorofare".
Source:
Wikipedia
Latitude/Longitude: 44.134394,-68.703256
Directions:
- Deer Island Thorofare Lighthouse can only be seen from boat or plane. Lighthouse cruises out of Camden go past this lighthouse. Go to our Lighthouse Tours page for information on lighthouse cruises in the Maine/Camden area.
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