For this week's lighthouse (which as I write this is really last week's lighthouse), I ventured to the cold climes of Alaska. Seems appropriate to go near to the North Pole. This lighthouse in reality guards the entrance to Glacier Bay.
(Note: there's also a Cape Spencer lighthouse on the Bay of Fundy. Maybe I'll do that next week, which is actually this week.)
See where that is -- Cape Spencer in Alaska. To find the lighthouse, switch to satellite view, and look for a white spot on an island that is slightly north north-east of where the pin is on the map. Or click here.
So, what can we find out about this remote lighthouse from the Lighthouse Directory?
"1925. Active; focal plane 105 ft (32 m); white flash every 10 s. 25 ft (7.5 m) square cylindrical reinforced concrete tower with lantern and gallery, centered on the roof of a square concrete keeper's quarters and fog signal building; solar-powered VRB-25 aerobeacon (1998). The original 3rd order Fresnel lens, removed in 1974, is on display at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. Lighthouse painted white, lantern and gallery black; the keeper's house roof is a conspicuous red."
Another site with a page about this lighthouse:
Cape Spencer Lighthouse at Lighthouse Friends, with great views of the island that is located on. It also has a picture of the Fresnel lens that used to be in the lighthouse (see above for where it is now, if you missed that).
And now the pictures; there are a few, not a lot.
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