Wood Island Lighthouse

Wood Island is Maines second-oldest lighthouse.

Wood island lighthouse. The Wood Islands Lighthouse has a fifty-four foot square tower attached to a two-story home. Constructed in 1808 under the directive of President Thomas Jefferson the tower rotted out by 1830 and was replaced by a granite tower in 1839. Hotels near Wood Island Lighthouse.

Named for the island it stands on the light sits at the mouth of the Saco River. 518 mi The Beach House 472 mi The Beachwood 500 mi Beach Villa Motel. Wood Island Lighthouse is the second oldest lighthouse in the state and was added to the National Register of Historic places in 1988.

Wood Island can be reached by boat only. On September 25 2013 the lighthouse was awarded a Provincial Designated Heritage Place plaque and certificate. The original Wood Island Lighthouse was established in 1808 and consisted of a 45-foot octagonal wooden tower.

Wood Island Light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay on the southern coast of MaineThe light is just outside the entrance to Biddeford Pool and the end of the Saco RiverThe lighthouse is a 47-foot 14 m conical white tower of granite rubble. In 2020 the Lighthouse and Museum will be closed on September 25th and all buttoned up for the winter. They have informative displays.

Tour PEIs most family friendly interactive museum. Wood Island Lighthouse is a lovely picturesque lighthouse which you can watch the ferry come in. Be intrigued by the tales of the double lives of rum-runners or let imaginations sail while watching leaping flames in the ghost ship loft.

View all hotels near Wood Island Lighthouse on Tripadvisor. Wood Islands Lighthouse recognized as a heritage place under the Prince Edward Island Heritage Places Protection Act on October 3 2012. Thirty-one years in 1839 a new conical tower was constructed out of granite to take the place of the deteriorating wood beacon.