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Bear Island Light
circa 1972
Map
LocationBear Island (Maine)
Coordinates44°17′.6″N 68°16′11.6″W / 44.283500°N 68.269889°W / 44.283500; -68.269889
Tower
Constructed1839 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionbrick Edit this on Wikidata
Automated1989
Height31 feet (9.4 m)
ShapeCylindrical attached to Work Room and Dwelling
MarkingsWhite
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Fog signalOriginal: Bell
Current: None
Light
First lit1889 (current structure)
Deactivated1981-1989
Focal height100 feet (30 m)
LensOriginal: 5th order Fresnel
Current: Plastic
Range10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 5s
Bear Island Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest cityNortheast Harbor, Maine
Built1889
ArchitectUS Army Corps of Engineers
MPSLight Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No.88000043[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1988

Bear Island Light is a lighthouse on Bear Island near Mt. Desert Island, at the entrance to Northeast Harbor, Maine.[2][3] It was first established in 1839. The present structure was built in 1889. It was deactivated in 1981 and relit as a private aid to navigation by the Friends of Acadia National Park in 1989. Bear Island Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Bear Island Light Station on March 14, 1988.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. February 27, 2017. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2016. p. 20.

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