Coast
Harbor approaches, reef lines, and seasonal routes mapped through dated imagery in the archive collections.
Northern Coast Lighthouses Archive
History of Northern Coast Lighthouses
Explore archive photography, keeper stories, and preserved tower records curated to trace the maritime heritage of the northern coast.
- Coast
- Stories
- Preserved towers
Coastal orientation
A working record of northern beacons, keeper lives, and what survives on the coast today.
This archive follows the shoreline as a connected historical system: towers, weather, labor, and preservation decisions. Use it as a concise guide to where each lighthouse stood, who tended it, and how the remaining structures are documented.
Keepers
Logbook excerpts and family accounts that situate lighthouse duty within daily life on the headlands, gathered in keeper stories.
Preservation
Verified notes on restored, adapted, and endangered sites with direct cross-reference in the preserved towers map.
Preserved Towers Reference
Northern Coast Preservation Map Preview
A quick geographic reading of preserved lighthouse sites before you open the full mapped directory.
Archive Sheet · Coastal Grid
Updated Reference
Keeper Stories
Lives behind the northern beacons
Brief records from station journals and oral accounts reveal how keepers navigated fog, isolation, and routine along the northern coast.
Cape Alder Station
Night Watch in Winter Fog
A keeper logs bell signals every quarter hour while ice forms inside the lantern glass.
Station log excerpt · January 1908
Harbor Point
The Journal by the Stove
Weather notes and family letters share one notebook, mapping duty beside daily life.
Notebook leaves · c. 1912
North Shoal Tower
Relief Keeper at First Light
A dawn handover records lamp trimming, tide checks, and a brief note on migrating birds.
Oral history transcript · 1931
