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From Calusa shell mounds to the modern “Sanibel Stoop,” the island’s beaches offer treasures and a deep-rooted shelling ...
We needed rain and we are sure getting it. Afternoon thunderstorms interrupted fishing and brought a lot of rain about everyday over the past week. The best bet was to get on the water early and back ...
From Cape Cod to California, these family-friendly beach destinations across the U.S. offer the perfect mix of sun, safety, ...
Read more here. Standing on top of Greens Ledge Lighthouse, a mile offshore of Rowayton, Connecticut, I’m surrounded by water and wind in every direction.
The Lighthouse Cafe, our favorite breakfast spot, relocated from where Wickie's is now, down about half a mile west. As busy as it ever was, its newer location has more room to accommodate the ...
Over the years, there were scores of women lighthouse keepers from coast to coast. Shauna Macdonald, University of Canada: One of my grandfathers worked at a lighthouse here in Nova Scotia, so I ...
The lighthouse, made of iron, famously lost one of its four "legs" during Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022. But it didn't fall and it became a symbol of resilience and recovery after the storm.
The biggest theory is the first recorded appearance of a harbor on Sanibel in 1765, which is shown on a map as Puerto de S. Nibel, with the “v” and “b” being interchangeable.
Today, the lighthouse is managed by Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation. NH history: The oldest town in NH is over 400 years old.
The lighthouse is still in use, though it now has an automated LED beacon. It sits on roughly 200 wood pilings packed in mud beneath the water.
The Lighthouse was inspected by a structural engineer after Milton and it remains structurally sound. The Lighthouse is a Sanibel icon and a beacon of the community's resilience.
ATHENS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal engineers will begin the process of preserving a functioning 150-year-old lighthouse that sits precariously on a mudflat in the middle of the Hudson River in New York ...