Wood Island Lighthouse Maine

About wood island station at the mouth of the piscataqua river in kittery point maine a graying old structure of unknown purpose and history was slowly crumbing on a small island.

Wood island lighthouse maine.

It is an important stop on the eastern seaboard migratory flyway. The work is completed and the end results are fabulous. Wood island light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of wood island in saco bay on the southern coast of maine. The friends of wood island lighthouse a chapter of the american lighthouse foundation offers special tours during july and august wednesdays thursdays and saturdays of the light tower and keeper s house.

2019 out on maine s coast chronicle 5 wcvb 2018 wood island tour biddeford pool maine video by nancy bernier 2014 a flyover of wood island lighthouse. Fabulous maine lighthouse tour i have been following wood island lighthouse for many years. If you visit wood island lighthouse you will have visited one of only two maine island lighthouses that are open to the public and have scheduled tours. Just a few miles upstream from its mouth the saco river divides into two streams that flow around an island and plummet forty feet.

About wood island wood island is a 32 acre uninhabited island sitting at the mouth of the saco river just off the coast of biddeford maine. The lighthouse is a 47 foot 14 m conical white tower of granite rubble. The station sits on a small island off the mouth of the saco river. It is a rare experience.

I love the boat ride to the island the beautiful walk up and back touring the house and the tower is amazing. The wood island life saving station has stood watch for 111 years. Friends of wood island lighthouse p o. The island hosts a wide variety of birds and is the nesting site for hundreds of seagulls common eiders and other birds.

The light itself sits 71 feet 22 m above mean high water. Wood island lighthouse the first wood island light was established in 1808 but the station was rebuilt several times during its long history.