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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
Mistake Island is managed by the Maine Chapter of the Nature Conservancy as part of the Great Wass Island Preserve. The lighthouse is still maintained by the Coast Guard.
Tower Height: 57
Height of Focal Plane: 72
Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 30 seconds.
Description of Tower: White conical brick tower with green cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1912 brick fog signal building.
Earlier Towers?
1827: first tower.
Date Established: 1827
Date Present Tower Built: 1851
Date Automated: 1972
Optics: 1856: Second order Fresnel lens; 1993: DCB-24; 1999: solar powered VRB-25.
Fog Signal: 1912: Diaphragm fog horn; now automated horn with two blasts every 30 seconds.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Moose Peak Light can be seen distantly from Great Wass Island. From US Route 1, take ME 187 to Jonesport. In Jonesport at a "Bridge Street" and a "Beals Island" sign turn south onto Bridge Road. Go over a causeway and bridge to Beals Island. Upon reaching the island turn left and continue on Great Wass Road to its terminus on Great Wass Island. There is a free unpaved parking area. Walk the two mile Cape Point Trail to the eastern shore. The lighthouse can be seen about 1.5 miles away, nestled in a V-shaped section of the island's elevation. If you continue on the trail for another one-half mile you can get a slightly closer view of the lighthouse. You may be able to charter a cruise to see Moose Peak Light with Captains Barna B. and John E. Norton in Jonesport at (207) 497-5933.
Keepers: Alexander Milliken (1827-1849); Joshua Walker (1849-1851, died in service); Joshua S. Walker (1851-1853); Darius Dickey (1853-1859); William H. Norton (1859-1860); Alexander M. Drisko, assistant (1859-1860); Richard Norton, assistant (1860); Charles B. Murch (1869-1876); Warren Murch, assistant (1869-1873); Charles H. Murch, assistant (1871-?); Veranus Allen, assistant (1876-1880); Samuel Cummings (1876-1881); John W. Guptill, assistant (1882-1883); Augustus F. Carver, assistant (1883-1886); Wilfred S. Lowe, assistant (1886-1887); Nehemiah Guptill (1881-1886); Thomas S. Dodge (1886-1887); Charles R. Dobbins (1887-1905); John L. Norton, assistant (1888-1891); Oscar B. Hall, assistant (1891-1895); James H. Falkingham, assistant (1895-1897); Nelson F. Morse, assistant (1897-1901); William A. Atwater, assistant (c. 1905); Herbert Anderson (c. 1910); James Anderson, assistant (c. 1910); Joseph Muise (c. 1930s); M. L. Wilson, assistant (c. 1935).
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