1. If you like lighthouses, Prince Edward Island is the place
for you. There are 63 lighthouses listed
on the brochure I picked up about PEI lighthouses – some are still active (37
according to the brochure), some decommissioned, some private and some are
non-accessible by car. The brochure
states, “With 63 lighthouse and rangelight buildings, this averages one
lighthouse for every 34 square miles, which we believe is the highest
concentration of lighthouses in any province or state in North America.” So if you like lighthouses, PEI is most
definitely the place for you.
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| I never really identified this one. I think it is one of the Malpeque Outer Range Lighthouses. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
2. Actually, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like
lighthouses. I can’t put my finger on
the reason for the appeal, but they definitely do have a romance about
them. It’s interesting to me because my
understanding is that the life of a lighthouse keeper back in the day was
pretty rough and very lonely. Of course, these days, modern working
lighthouses are automated. There are no rugged,
haunted characters in residence in those stalwart buildings nowadays whose
mission is to weather storms and winds and the wild rages of the sea in order
to warn others about the sea’s potential dangers. Computers
do it now. Pop! goes the romance.
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| North Rustico Lighthouse...with wires. |
3. If you would like to read a book that has a
lighthouse keeper as a character (albeit, a short-lived character), I would recommend
The Bird Artist by Howard
Norman. Here’s a description that I
found on Goodreads: “Howard Norman's The Bird Artist, the first book of his
Canadian trilogy, begins in 1911. Its narrator, Fabian Vas is a bird artist: He
draws and paints the birds of Witless Bay, his remote Newfoundland coastal
village home. In the first paragraph of his tale Fabian reveals that he has murdered
the village lighthouse keeper, Botho August. Later, he confesses who and what
drove him to his crime--a measured, profoundly engrossing story of passion,
betrayal, guilt, and redemption between men and women. “ I
liked this book quite a lot. It was a
five-star read for me. It’s a moody and
interesting piece that is definitely engrossing.
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| Seacow Head Lighthouse on a very rainy day. |
4. Point Prim lighthouse is said to be the oldest
on PEI. It was built in 1846 and is one
of only a few there that is constructed of brick. These days, as you can see, it is covered
with wooden shingles. But you can still
see the brick if you go inside.
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| Point Prim Lighthouse. |
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| Point Prim again. Wouldn't this make a cool Fiat commercial? |
5. I thought that this quote I found might give you
a little chuckle. Conan O’Brien said, “I’ve
been described as a lighthouse in the middle of a bog: Brilliant but useless.” Kind of like my blog…lol. Although I am not sure about the brilliant
part. And by the way, I am not an expert
on identifying these lighthouses, so if you happen across the blog and know
better, please let me know.
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| Cape Egmont Lighthouse. |
on Around Roanoke...a Daily Photo Blog.
16 comments:
with my hermit tendencies and my ability to stay in a routine, i'd have made an excellent lighthousekeeper back in the day... :)
i like number 2 and the last one, they are not traditional and are like none i have seen.
@TexWisGirl me too!! Great pics Barb!
Witless Bay...I would say that has me thinking, but you might not believe me ;)...a really great series of photos...I didn't there were that many lighthouses on PEI...
I don't see lighthouses very often, but I do love them.
And just for good measure, have heard the song The Lighthouse's Tale by Nickel Creek?
The Lighthouse's Tale
I found it interesting that all the lighthouses were white.
Wow, what a collection. Tom The Backroads Traveller
These are nice. I really like the first and second ones! A bit different than the lighthouses I was used to on the Great Lakes.
Great pictures! I really like the first one. The one at Point Prim looks like the one at Cape Henry here in Virginia. They might be some 100 years old apart, very old light houses!
Your blog isn't a lighthouse in the middle of a bog! :-) Like your charming, lovely lighthouses, it's interesting and delightful...and sheds light. Hopefully all our blogs can be thus, more often than not, anyway. :-)
i agree with marie! i've always loved lighthouses, even as a kid. there's one in san diego, the old point loma lighthouse that my mom would take me to occassionaly, loved to tour it! your series is beautiful and yes, that would be a super cool car ad! have a great weekend and thanks for linking!
I had no idea PEI had that many lighthouses! I want to be there!!
beautiful, i have such a soft spot for lighthouses!!!
Love these! The first 2 are different from any I've seen. Love them!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your Lighthouse shots!!!
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