While Lobster Cove makes me think of a rocky beach and open seas all around, what you'll find in Newfoundland is vastly different! Surrounded by a lush national park, glacier-carved fjords and thundering waterfalls, Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse flashes white over 100 feet above the waves.

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References:

1. Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
2. Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse | Parks Canada
3. Sun Valve | Go Industrial

If the cute name of this lighthouse doesn't catch your attention, the history sure will! That is, if you like lighthouses that are also a post office.

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References:

1. Nova Scotia Explore Page
2. Peggy's Cove Website
3. Peggy's Point Wikipedia
4. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
5. The Canadian Lighthouse Route
6. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Route
7. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Road trip | Travel Bunny

Unfortunately, the name Cape Fear directly correlates to how mariners felt about the area, dubbing the Frying Pan Shoals almost as fearsome as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. However, efforts to light the area were a struggle, and we ended up with many different lighthouses (and lightships) in an attempt to mark the shoals.

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References:

1. The Cape Fear Lighthouse's Prism Project | Our State
2. Cape Fear Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
3. Frying Pan Lightship | Lighthouse Friends
4. Frying Pan Lightship Restaurant

We've all heard stories here and there of what keepers went through on the job at their lighthouses - the position was rife with danger! Vince takes us on a deep dive of what was really at stake for our lighthouse keepers and the perils they faced in daily life.

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References:

1. In Memoriam | United States Lighthouse Society
2. Lighthouse Oil Myths & Folklore - Ponce Inlet Lighthouse
3. The Dangers of Lighthouse Keeping - Lighthouse Explorers
4. The Dark Side of Lighthouses | Hakai Magazine
5. Stannard Rock: The Loneliest Place on the Continent - Lake Superior Magazine

Didn't get enough of Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse in our last episode? Us either! Listen in as historian Ralph Krugler gives the inside scoop about the lighthouse's restoration project, history, and interesting stories!

Please consider donating towards the restoration at https://www.hillsborolighthouse.org/

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Like most inlets in eastern Florida, Hillsboro Inlet's waters were filled with wrecked ships. But it wasn't until 1907 that a lighthouse was built there, sturdy enough to withstand hurricanes, shifting sands, and the ocean waves. Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse was home to some of the best lighthouse keepers the US had to offer, and still shines brightly today with it's original Fresnel lens in its lantern room!

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References:

1. Thank you Ralph Krugler!!
2. Cap's Place Island Restaurant
3. Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
4. Reef Locator
5. Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse Website

While we cover Walton Lighthouse as our history buoy this time, the meat of this episode covers mercury floats! How did they work? Why were they implemented? Did they really have a negative effect on keepers? Listen in as we answer all these questions and more!

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References:

1. Santa Cruz Breakwater | Lighthouse Friends
2. Santa Cruz Breakwater Light | Wikipedia
3. Lights with Mercury Floats | USLHS
4. Lens Rotation | USLHS
5. Mercury Float Rotation by James Woodward
6. Mercury + Aluminum Reaction | Reddit

Vince takes us to sunny Mexico to look at a golf course that is blessed with not one, but two lighthouses on the tip of the Baja California Sur. While the area beckons with it's pristine golf courses and resorts, the real treasure are the lighthouses hundreds of feet above the thrashing surf.

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References:

1. Quivira Los Cabos Residence
2. El Faro Viejo Cabo San Lucas – Old Cabo
3. One Course, Two Lighthouses: Quivira Golf Club - InMexico
4. Golf Resorts Mexico | Golf
5. Lighthouses near the world's golf courses
6. symphony.cdn.tambourine.com/quivira-los-cabos-residence/media/old-lighthouse-5dcc571a03cee.mp4
7. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A51ataq4h/

In honor of WIC week, we are covering the lighthouse with the most years kept by women keepers! Biloxi Lighthouse is also known well in Mississippi as a symbol of resilience after surviving Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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References:

1. Biloxi Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
2. Biloxi Lighthouse Throughout the Years | City of Biloxi
3. Biloxi Lighthouse | USLHS

Listener Lighthouse! Thank you to Megan for sending this in.

Commonly known as the I Love You Lighthouse, Minot's Ledge actually has a deadly history as a strange lighthouse on stilts! When that one failed, engineers used the successful construction tactics from the Eddystone Lighthouse to build a stone tower that still stands today.

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References:

1. Minot's Ledge Lighthouse | Lighthouse Stars
2. Minot's Ledge Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
3. Minot's Ledge Light history | New England Lighthouses
4. Minot's Ledge | USLHS
5. Mahan Lens Video