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Guard Island Lighthouse, Alaska at Lighthousefriends.com
However, the wood used for Guard Island Light Station, as well as for several other contemporary Alaskan lighthouses, soon deteriorated in the harsh conditions. After all, Ketchikan is one of the rainiest places on earth, with 176 inches annually, and the winters are foggy, windy, and freezing cold....
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Guard Island Heritage Inc Ketchikan, Alaska (Lighthouses)
, turning the 10.5 acre island property into an historic ecotour, featuring a boardwalk, classroom, amphitheater, new dock, self-guided interpretive trail, and revitalization of the lighthouse to become a...
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Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... Group hopes to revitalize Alaska’s Guard Island Light Station
Guard Island Heritage, Inc., has now been formed to implement a plan for the 10.5 acre lighthouse station, largely through the efforts of Robert B. Holston, Jr., who also runs the Alaskan Home Fishing Lodge in Ketchikan. The plans include a boardwalk circumnavigating the island, a classroom/shelter,...
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SitNews - Lighthouse Family Returns to Guard Island By Dave Kiffer
Besides the lighthouse guiding mariners into Tongass Narrows, the main function of the Guard Island station was the radio beacon transmitter signal. Boats, ships and airplanes used the beacon to help triangulate their positions and the crew had to maintain the signal watch 24 hours a day. Dan Moore'...
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