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Summer Camp at a Lighthouse Boothbay region school children participated in summer camp sessions at the Burnt Island Light Station located in the entrance to Boothbay Harbor. Sponsored by generous donors to LENS, sixty children in grades 4-6 spent three days and one night learning about the island's natural and historical resources. Using the 5-acre island as an exceptional, outdoor classroom, participants were fully immersed in their own learning while exploring, discovering, and understanding the world around them. Camper Mackenzie T. stated, "It was the best experience that ever happened to me! While Shauna Y. exclaimed, "I will cherish these [...]

Keepers' Klippings Lighthouse Education & Nautical Studies has submitted it's first article to the Boothbay Register. At least once a month, we will pull from lighthouse keeper logbooks, newspaper articles, letters and other primary sources from Maine's keepers, beginning with the Boothbay Region's Lights. Available for your reading pleasure by clicking the links below. Article - Intro to Keepers' Klippings Article - A Day in the Life of a Lighthouse Keeper - Part I Biography of Keeper James A. McCobb Article - A Day in the Life of a Keeper - Part II Article - Unlocking Boothbay Harbor's Lighthouse History [...]

Buy A Maine Lighthouse Plate & Support Lighthouse Preservation The Maine Lighthouse Trust was formed as a nonprofit to support the lighthouse community using funds collected from the purchase of a specialty license plate. LD266 “An Act to Create the Maine Lighthouse Trust Registration Plate” which was passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Mills on May 04, 2021 is officially law! The new plates have been produced and are available in all Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicle branch locations and city/town clerk offices (that offer plate services). For more information: www.mainelighthousetrust.org or email [email protected] [...]