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West Quoddy, ME
Item # HL431
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse stands on the eastern most point of the United States, on the west side of Quoddy Narrows. Navigation through this channel is confusing and treacherous. Before the shore was illuminated, so many ships wrecked against the rocks that by the early nineteenth century citizens and mariners demanded a lighthouse be built. By 1806, President Thomas Jefferson agreed and ordered its construction. West Quoddy Head is one of Maine's oldest lighthouses, and according to legend, has some of Maine's oldest "inhabitants." Ghost stories abound here. There's the tragic tale of a woman who searches for her baby lost at sea. Some mysteries involve ghosts that kept the tower's tens and brass polished, not to mention one that ev
West Quoddy, ME Harbour Lights Great Lighthouses Of The World Item # HL431
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse stands on the eastern most point of the United States, on the west side of Quoddy Narrows. Navigation through this channel is confusing and treacherous. Bef
Price: $45.95
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