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A panoramic view of Acadia National Park. Wikimedia image.

Excerpted from the web site. They built bark-covered conical shelters suggests the opposite pattern: to avoid harsh and traveled in birchbark canoes. Historical inland winters and take advantage of salmon The striking scenery and diverse resources records indicate that the Wabanaki wintered runs upstream, Native Americans wintered of Mount Desert [pronounced “dessert”] in interior forests and spent summers near on the coast and summered inland. There Island have attracted people for thousands the coast. Archeological evidence, however, may even have been two separate groups, of years. The first inhabitants, Native Americans here more than 5,000 years ago, were followed by the French and English. By the 1800s, settlers were arriving in large numbers and engaging in fishing, shipbuilding, farming, and lumber- ing. The island became known to the world in the late 1800s, when artists depicted its beauty in paint- ings. The rush to experience Mount Desert Island, and the desire to protect its lands, had begun.

Early History Deep shell heaps indicate Native American encampments dating back 5,000 years in Acadia National Park, but pre-European records are scarce. The first written descriptions of Maine coast Indians, recorded 100 years after European trade contacts began, describe Native Americans who lived off the land by hunting, fishing, collecting shellfish, and gathering plants and berries. The Wabanaki people knew Mount Desert Island as Pemetic, “the sloping land.” Jordan Pond. Wikimedia photo by Erin McDaniel. Fiscal Year, 2015 2 1st Quarterly Bulletin one inland and another on the coast.

New France The first meeting between the people of Pemetic and the Eu- ropeans is unknown, but a Frenchman, Samuel Champlain, made the first impor- tant contribution to the historical record of Mount Desert Island. He led the expedition that landed on Mount Desert on September 5, 1604, and wrote in his journal, “The mountain summits are all bare and rocky..... I name it Isles des Monts Déserts.” Champlain’s visit to the island 16 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock destined this land to be come known as New France before it became New England. Thunder Hole, one of the many attractions at Acadia National Park, is so named because when In 1613, French Jesuits, welcomed by the water comes rushing into the natural cavern below the water line, it sounds like a thunder native people, established the first French clap. Photo by Marie Vincent. mission in America on Mount Desert Island. They had just begun to build a fort, ing all of Mount Desert Island. Cadillac’s Bernard’s plans for Mount Desert Island. plant corn, and baptize the natives when hopes of establishing a feudal estate in the In the aftermath of the war, Bernard lost an English ship commanded by Captain New World, however, were short lived. his claim, and the newly created United Samuel Argall destroyed their mission. Although he and his bride resided here for a States of America granted the western half The English victory doomed Jesuit ambi- time, they soon abandoned their enterprise. of Mount Desert Island to John Bernard, tions on Mount Desert Island, leaving the Cadillac later gained lasting recognition as son of the governor, and the eastern half of land in a state of limbo lying between the the founder of Detroit. the island to Marie Therese de Gregoire, French, firmly entrenched to the north, granddaughter of Cadillac. Bernard and de and the British, whose settlements in Mas- Gregoire soon sold their landholdings to New England nonresident landlords. sachusetts and southward were becoming In 1759, after a century and a half of con- Their real estate transactions probably increasingly numerous. No one wished to flict, British troops triumphed at Quebec, made very little difference to the increasing settle in this contested territory. For the ending French dominion in Acadia. With number of settlers homesteading on Mount next 150 years, the island’s importance Native Americans scattered and the fleur- Desert Island. By 1820, farming and lumber- was primarily its use as a landmark for de-lis banished, lands along the Maine coast ing vied with fishing and shipbuilding as the seamen. opened for English settlement. Governor major occupations. Settlers converted hun- There was a brief period when it seemed Francis Bernard of Massachusetts obtained a dreds of acres of trees into wood products Mount Desert would again become a center royal land grant on Mount Desert Island. In ranging from schooners and barns to baby of French activity. In 1688, Antoine Laumet, 1760, Bernard attempted to secure his claim cribs and hand tools. Farmers harvested an ambitious young man who had immi- by offering free land to settlers. Abraham wheat, rye, corn and potatoes. By 1850, the grated to New France and bestowed upon Somes and James Richardson accepted the familiar sights of fishermen and sailors, fish himself the title Sieur de la Mothe Cadillac, offer and settled their families at what is now racks and ship yards, revealed a way of life asked for and received a hundred thousand Somesville. linked to the sea. acres of land along the Maine coast, includ- The onset of the Revolutionary War ended Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin

Rusticators and Cottagers picnics, and day-long hikes of an earlier 6,000 acres by 1913. Dorr offered the land to the federal government, and in 1916 It was the outsiders—artists and journal- era. For more than 40 years, the wealthy President Wilson announced the creation ists—who revealed and popularized this held sway on Mount Desert, but the Great of Sieur de Monts National Monument. island to the world in the mid-1800s. Paint- Depression and World War II marked the Dorr continued to acquire property and ers of the Hudson River School, including end of such extravagance. The final blow renewed his efforts to obtain full national Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, glorified came in 1947 when a fire of monumental park status for his beloved preserve. In Mount Desert Island with their brushstrokes, proportions consumed many of the great 1919, President Wilson signed the act inspiring patrons and friends to flock here. estates. establishing Lafayette National Park, the These were the “rusticators.” Undaunted by crude accommodations and simple food, Preserving Acadia National they sought out local fishermen and farm- Park ers to put them up for a modest fee. Sum- mer after summer, the rusticators returned Though they came to the island in to renew friendships with local islanders search of social and recreational and, most of all, to savor the fresh salt air, activities, the affluent of the turn beautiful scenery, and relaxed pace. Soon of the century had much to do with the villagers’ cottages and fishermen’s huts preserving the landscape we know filled to overflowing, and by 1880, 30 hotels today. George B. Dorr, a tireless competed for vacationers’ dollars. Tourism spokesman for conservation, came was becoming the major industry. from this social stratum. He devoted For a select handful of Americans, the 43 years of his life, energy, and 1880s and the “Gay Nineties” meant family fortune to preserving the affluence on a scale without precedent. Acadian landscape. Mount Desert, still remote from the cities In 1901, disturbed by the growing of the east, became a retreat for prominent development of the Bar Harbor area people of the times. The Rockefellers, and the dangers he foresaw in the Morgans, Fords, Vanderbilts, Carnegies, newly invented gasoline-powered and Astors chose to spend their summers portable sawmill, Dorr and others here. Not content with the simple lodgings established the Hancock County then available, these families transformed Trustees of Public Reservations. the landscape of Mount Desert Island with The corporation, whose sole pur- elegant estates, euphemistically called pose was to preserve land for the “cottages.” Luxury, refinement, and large perpetual use of the public, acquired gatherings replaced the buck board rides,

Above: Bass Harbor Lighthouse on Mount Desert Island. USLHS archive photo. Left: The view from the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. Photo by Marie Vincent.

first national park east of the Mississippi. Dorr, whose labors constituted “the great- est of one-man shows in the history of land conservation,” became the first park superintendent. In 1929, the name changed to Acadia National Park. Today the park protects more than 47,000 acres, and the simple pleasures of “ocean, forests, lakes, and mountains” that have been sought and found by millions for over a century and a quarter are yours to enjoy.

Acadia National Park is just one of the ex- citing places we will visit on the Northern Maine tour in October. Won’t you join us? Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin Belgium & and Windmills April 9 - 25, 2015 (17 days/16 nights) Note: This tour starts in Brussels, Belgium and ends in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Belgium and the Netherlands are both relatively small in size geographically, yet they boast large concentrations of lighthouses. Our extensive tour of these two history-rich countries will feature a vast array of these vuurtoren, Dutch for “fire tower,” as well as traditional villages, windmills, and cheese markets. Our trip is aptly timed to view the colorful fields striped with tulips, hyacinth and gladiolas for which the region is known. After gathering in Brussels, Belgium, we travel to the charming cities Other Scheduled Stops of Ghent and Bruges. Heading out to the coast, we view the many lighthouses in the four North Sea ports and will continue north to the Netherlands’ city of Middelburg, a late 8th century fortified town with its Tour of Ghent merchants’ mansions and old moats. Bruge Canal Cruise The tour will pause in vibrant Amsterdam and then continue north to the West in the Coast , before concluding the excursion back in Amsterdam. Free day in Bruges This comprehensive tour of Belgium and the Netherlands promises a vast array of historic cities, authentic Kinderdijk (city of windmills) villages, and the many natural wonders of the coastlines and Rotterdam Maritime Museum islands. Come along and enjoy the architectural and cultural Escher Museum Itinerary Summary marvels from canals to dykes and, of course, lighthouses! Tour of Delft Free Day in Amsterdam April 9 Arrive Brussels Single - $6,287 (Cash Discount - $6,098) Amsterdam canal cruise April 10 Ghent/Bruges Double - $9,675 (Cash Discount - $9,385) Zaanse Schans traditional village April 11-12 Bruges April 13 Middelburg April 14-16 Rotterdam Scheduled Lighthouses April 17-18 Amsterdam April 19-20 Den Helder Belgium: Scheveningen Noorderhoofd Nieuwpoort West Mole April 21-22 Harlingen Scheveningen Zuiderhoofd Nieuwpoort East Mole April 23-24 Amsterdam Van de Valk Pier Scheveningen Nieuwpoort Lighthouse April 25 Flights home Katwijk Lighthouse Oostende West Pier Noordwijk an Zee Lighthouse Oostende “Lange Nelle” IJmuiden Nieuwe Zuiderhoofd Blankenberge IJmuiden Oude Zuiderhoofd Lightship Mayflower IJmuiden Lage Range Front Zeebruge Old Mole IJmuiden Hoge Range Rear Zeebruge Zeeluis (Omookaai) IJmuiden Nieuwe Noorderhoofd Zeebrugge (Heist) Range Rear IJmuiden Oude Noorderhoofd Lightship West Hinder II Egmond aan Zee Knokke-Heist Lighthouse (replica) Zanddijk Huiduinen Netherlands: Kijkduin “Lange Jaap” Nieuwe Sluis (Breskens) Range Rear Lightship 11 light tower Vlissingen Lighthouse Schilbolsnol Kaapduinen Range Rear Den Hoorn Kaapduinen Range Front Eierland (Texel) Zoutelande Range Front Lightship 10 Texel Westkapelle Lighthouse Noorderhoofd Range Front (Brandaris) West Schouwen (Haamstede) (Bornrif) Westhoofd (Ouddorp) Lemmer (replica) Goedereede Urk Brielle (Stenen Baken) Tour Guides Elburg Hellevoetsluis Haderwijk (de Vischpoort) Lightship 12 Noord-Hinder Volendam Wayne & Sally Wheeler Hoek van Holland High Range Rear Paard van Marken Scheveningen Fiscal Year, 2015 5 1st Quarterly Bulletin & Lighthouses and Southern Charm May 2 - 10, 2015

Centering around the oldest cities in South Carolina and Georgia this tour is loaded with lighthouses, history and southern charm. We will visit every standing lighthouse in both states and provide ample time to explore two of the South’s most beautiful cities: Charleston and Savannah. In Charleston we will be staying at a hotel set in the original Citadel Military College in the heart of the historic downtown. Savannah’s free day will allow you to embark on a historic tour or browse the River Street boutiques just steps away from our hotel. Choose from historic forts, haunting cemeteries, classic southern architecture, parks, plantations, churches, museums and monuments. Add to this some difficult to access lighthouses as well as some good ol’ fashion southern cooking and you have the makings of a tour that will allow you to delete some things from your bucket list. Beginning and ending in Charleston, our first boat trip will be out to see the lights of Cape Romain, one of the few locations where both the new and old towers still stand. That same day we will cruise to a remote barrier island through a bird-watchers paradise to South Carolina’s oldest lighthouse, the Georgetown Lighthouse. Here you will have an opportunity to beachcomb and enjoy some shelling opportunities. Along the way we may encounter dolphins, eagles, and alligators. Leaving Charleston after a free day to explore on your own, stops will be made to view Sullivan’s Island, Morris Island and Hunting Island lighthouses and we will venture onto a golf course to see the Hilton Head Range Light. Speed boats and golf carts will be provided to tour Daufuskie Island before we head to Savannah. A free day in Savannah Itinerary Summary will be followed by two more boat trips to tour and the elusive Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse. One more boat ride will take us out to get an up-close view of Cockspur Island and a water May 2 - Charleston Airport view of Tybee Island. The end of the tour is highlighted by climbing two wonderfully preserved and May 3 - Charleston restored lighthouses at St Simons Island and Tybee Island. It promises to be fun, entertaining, educational May 4 - Charleston (Free Day) and loaded with southern hospitality! May 5 - Hilton Head May 6 - Savannah May 7 - Savannah (Free Day) May 8 - Brunswick Scheduled Lighthouses May 9 - Charleston Airport May 10 - Flights home Old Cape Romain New Cape Romain Georgetown St Phillips (Fort Sumter RR) Sullivan’s Island Morris Island Hunting Island Hilton Head Rear Range Harbour Town Haig Point Bloody Point Front Range Savannah Harbor Sapelo Island Sapelo Island Front Range Little Cumberland Island St. Simons Island Cockspur Tybee Island

Tour Guides Single - $3,495 (Cash Discount - $3,390) Team Sherwood Double - $5,546 (Cash Discount - $5,380) Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin

New Jersey “Plus” Lighthouses and Liberty June 1 - 8, 2015

Beginning in the “City of Brotherly Love” the Society’s 2015 New Jer- sey tour adds a “plus” with our first tour of the new National Lighthouse Museum and a boat cruise to include some extra New York lighthouses. Along the way we will visit three of the tallest lighthouses in the country, the first one to install a and the oldest lighthouse in the U.S. “Lighthousing” begins with two rear range skeletal towers at Tinicum and Finn’s Point, a visit to the East Point Lighthouse and a tour of the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse whose design resembles the Point Fermin and East Brother Lighthouses in . The day concludes with a climb to the top of the beautiful (199 steps) and a visit to the museum housing the lighthouse’s first order lens. Our initial cruise of the tour departs the following day from Cape May for views of the lights in Delaware Bay (Brandywine, Cross Ledge, Fourteen Foot Bank, Miah Maull Shoal, Elbow of Cross Ledge, and Ship John Shoal). Upon returning to shore, we will spend the afternoon relaxing in Cape May, the nation’s oldest seashore resort. The next morning begins by climbing 228 steps to the top of in Atlantic City, the first lighthouse built under supervision of the Lighthouse Board. If that isn’t enough, we will stop to see the first order lens from and then climb Old Barney, the fourth tallest lighthouse in the country. Our day concludes at a much shorter lighthouse at Sea Girt, the site of the first radio beacon mounted in a shore installation in the U.S. The next day is nothing short of historical as we start Scheduled Lighthouses with a tour of one of the few remaining twin lights in the country located at the Highlands of Navesink. Built with two lights to distinguish it from the Lighthouse, this was Tinicum Rear Range the first lighthouse in the country to display a Fresnel lens. One of these lenses, a spectacular Finns Point seven ton bi-valve lens, is on display at the lighthouse, where you can climb one of the tow- East Point ers and view the oldest lighthouse in the country at Sandy Hook (1764), which will be our Hereford Inlet next tour stop. The remainder of the day will be spent on Staten Island visiting the Staten Is- Cape May land, Elm Tree, and Fort Wadsworth lighthouses. Our “plus” day begins with the coach deliv- Brandywine Shoal ering us to Pier 11 in Manhattan for a New York Harbor cruise to view: the Statue of Liberty, Cross Ledge Great Beds, West Bank Robbins Reef and Romer Shoal. We will return via the Staten Island Miah Maull Shoal ferry to the newly opened National Lighthouse Museum located in the old U.S. Lighthouse Elbow of Cross Ledge Service “super” depot site on Staten Island where, at one time, equipment was tested and Ship John Shoal all lighthouse keepers were trained. On our return trip to Philadelphia the following day, we Absecon will visit Valley Forge and the Reading Terminal Market before heading back to our airport Tucker’s Beach (Replica) hotel for the farewell dinner. This Barnegat exciting tour will leave you with Sea Girt Other Scheduled Stops memories of a number of “pluses” Navesink including tall lighthouses, the Jer- Sandy Hook Barnegat Light Historical Museum - 1st order lens sey shore, historical locations, the Cape May County Museum - 1st order lens Conover Beacon National Lighthouse Museum and, Staten Island National Lighthouse Museum, Staten Island as always, the friendship of your Valley Forge tour Elm Tree fellow wickies! Fort Wadsworth Statue of Liberty Robbin’s Reef Itinerary Summary New Dorp Prince’s Bay June 1 - Philadelphia - Welcome Dinner Coney Island June 2 - Cape May Great Beds June 3 - Cape May West Bank June 4 - Red Bank, NJ Romer Shoal June 5 - Staten Island, NY Old Orchard Shoal (Ruins) June 6 - Staten Island, NY June 7 - Philadelphia - Farewell Dinner Tour Guides June 8 - Flights home Single - $3,237 (Cash Discount - $3,140) Jeff Gales Double - $5,103 (Cash Discount - $4,950) Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin

Summer Solstice Expedition to the Outer June 14 - 29, 2015 The Western Isles of and Hebrides are remote, wild, and scenically one of the most spectacular corners of the world. Most of the lighthouses are located on tiny islands or remote cliffs which are only accessible by boats capable of safely navigating the hundreds of miles of narrow passage ways and bays. Exploring the Hebrides by boat is an adventure so very few people ever get the opportunity to take, because only a handful of small boats are equipped and rated highly enough to safely carry passengers. USLHS is very fortunate to have successfully chartered a former Norwegian ocean-going rescue boat, which has been lovingly converted to include six cabins designed for a dozen passengers. Yes, you read it right. We can take only 12 people on our midnight sun adventure, so an early sign-up is critical if you want to go. We can promise you a spectacular journey with the rugged Scottish highland mountains and the Cuillin peaks of Skye as a backdrop. In complete contrast the Outer Hebrides are kissed by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, bringing aquamarine colors and white sandy beaches to the island of Berneray where we visit . The population of many islands has declined dramatically over the last 100 years. None perhaps more evident on our journey than the Isle of Canna, where there is evidence of human habitation for more than 9,000 years, but today only 12 full-time residents remain. Our adventure starts in Glasgow, Scotland, and a scenic journey northwest to the highland port of Oban. Here we board the vessel, our home for the next 10 nights. Every day crew members not only guide and hike with us on the islands, but they also dive for scallops and fresh seafood for our chefs to prepare. Wine is Itinerary Summary complimentary with dinner and if you enjoy a single malt scotch you are in for a real treat, as we will be visiting the Tobermory distillery on the . No boating June 14 - Glasgow adventure to this corner of the world would be complete without a stop at “The Old Forge” on June 15 - Tobermoray Loch Nevis. The most remote pub in mainland Britain is only accessible by boat or a 34-mile mountain June 16 - Canna hike. June 17 - Hyskeir Upon returning to Oban, we travel to Glasgow and fly to June 18 - Mingulay Stornoway on the northern Isle of Lewis. Here we visit three June 19 - Ushenish lighthouses, plus the ancient Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Scheduled Lighthouses June 20 - Moonon Bay and the Callanish Stones - a 3,500 year mystery circle similar June 21 - Ascrib Islands to Stonehenge. Butt of Lewis June 22 - Kyle of Localsh Tuimpan Head June 23 - Inverie Arnish Point June 24 - Grey Isles Eilean Trodday June 25 - Oban Waternich Point June 26 - Stornoway Neist Point June 27 - Stornoway Ushenish June 28 - Glasgow Barra Head June 29 - Flights home Hyskeir Canna Rona Eilean Beag Kyleakin Other Scheduled Stops Ornsey Elean Chathastail Dunvagan Castle Lismore Castle Brochel Rubha Nan Gall Eilean Donnan Clannish circle of Stones Tour Guides

Chris & Janet Brookes 2 people - $13,918 (Cash Discount - $13,500) Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Lighthouses and Pasties July 11 - 20, 2015

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is over 16,000 square miles of timber, wildlife, mines, waterfalls, mountains, inland lakes, and home to the 3% of Michigan’s population known as “yoopers”. With over 1,700 miles of shoreline on three Great Lakes connected by the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, the maritime history of the U.P. is replete with ship wrecks, lighthouses, and the production of more wealth (copper & iron) than the California gold rush. Beginning and ending in Green Bay, Wisconsin, our tour will completely circle the Upper Peninsula including Menominee, Newberry, Munising, Marquette and Copper Harbor. Lighthouse highlights include visiting the isolated stations at Crisp Point and Au Sable as well as viewing the off-shore lights on the islands of Grand, Granite, Little Gull, and Manitou. Along the way you will learn how to pronounce Seul Choix, marvel at the rock formations, waterfalls, and sand dunes of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and ponder the splendor of the largest freshwater lake in the world. You will gaze out into Lake Superior at Whitefish Point where waves break together from two different directions and see the spot where theEdmund Fitzgerald went down. After visiting the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, you will have trouble getting Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting melody out of your mind. Our tour will take you to the beacons that lit the Keweenaw Peninsula and guided ships through the Keweenaw Waterway. The area north of the waterway is known as Copper Island, because the waterway separates the northern part of the peninsula from the mainland. It is home to even more lighthouses including one with an unusual architecture at Sand Hills. And, if that isn’t enough to entice you to join us, we will also take you to a copper mine, picturesque Tahquamenon and Munising Falls, a bear ranch and the lighthouse at Big Bay Point where a murder rooted at the lighthouse inspired the novel and movie Anatomy of a Murder. Along with all this history and culture, we will include regional culinary favorites including wild thimbleberry jam, whitefish cooked a Scheduled Lighthouses dozen different ways and, of course, the ubiquitous Au Sable Grand Marais Range Lights Munising Range Lights pasty (rhymes with nasty). Big Bay Point Granite Island Ontonagon By the time you finish the Copper Harbor Gull Rock Ontonagon West Pierhead tour you will no longer be Copper Harbor Range Jacobsville (Portage River) Point Iroquois a troll, which is Yooper for Crisp Point Keweenaw Waterway Lower Presque Isle Harbor Breakwater someone who lives “under Eagle Harbor Manistique East Breakwater Sand Hills the bridge” referring to those Eagle Harbor Range Manitou Island Sand Point (Baraga) that live below (or downstate Escanaba Harbor Marquette Harbor Breakwater Sand Point (Escanaba) from) the Mackinaw Bridge. Grand Island East Channel Marquette Lighthouse Seul Choix So, pack a pasty, your How Grand Island Harbor Range Mendota (Bete Grise) Whitefish Point Grand Island North Menominee North Pier to Speak Yooper book and make your way to the “Toilet Paper Capital of the World” – Green Bay, Wisconsin!

Itinerary Summary Other Scheduled Stops July 11 Green Bay, Wisconsin July 12-13 Newberry, Michigan Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum July 14 Munising Marquette Maritime Museum July 15 Marquette Munising Falls July 16-18 Houghton Quincy Mine & Hoist July 19 Green Bay, Wisconsin Oswald Bear Ranch July 20 Flights home Tahquamenon Falls

Tour Guides Single - $3,485 (Cash Discount - $3,380) Marge Czop Double - $5,938 (Cash Discount - $5,760) Fiscal Year, 2015  1st Quarterly Bulletin

Door County Sentinels and Shipwrecks August 2 - 8, 2015 The Door County Peninsula of Wisconsin is flanked by 300 miles of craggy coastline along the shores of Lake Michigan. Its surrounding islands and treacherous passageways were the stuff of legends for 19th and 20th century sailors. Consequently, 11 lighthouses were built, making Door County home to the most lighthouses of any county in the country. Our 2015 Door County tour will explore these, as well as the lighthouses surrounding beautiful Lake Winnebago. Our tour begins and ends in Green Bay. In addition to some 29 lighthouses, we will have a chance to visit the fascinating Door County Maritime Museum and tour the fully restored 1960s era Great Lakes tug John Purves. We will be boarding a retired fire boat for one of our lighthouse excursions. And of course, no visit to Door County would be complete without an authentic fish boil, a traditional feast of local fish cooked over a dramatic fire, accompanied by pageantry and storytelling. This tour offers an exciting opportunity to explore lighthouses protecting Wisconsin’s coastlines on both Lake Michigan and Green Bay, as well as scenic Lake Winnebago. Along the way, we will hear the tales of the area’s early native inhabitants, French trappers, and the intrepid sailors and lighthouse keepers of the Great Lakes. We will sample Other Scheduled Stops authentic cuisine introduced by settlers from Belgium and Scandinavia, and enjoy photo opportunities of well-preserved lighthouses, historic farms, and extraordinary natural beauty. In typical U.S. Lighthouse Door County Maritime Museum Society fashion, this is sure to be a memorable trip. Thordarson Estate

Itinerary Summary Scheduled Lighthouses Aug. 2 - Green Bay Grassy Island Range Lighthouse Aug. 3-5 - Ellison Bay Sherwood Point Aug. 6-7 - Green Bay Sturgeon Bay Canal Aug. 8 - Flights home North Pierhead Bailey’s Harbor Range Lights Old Bailey’s Harbor Cana Island Eagle Bluff St. Martin Poverty Island Plum Island Pilot Island Pottawatomie (Rock Island) Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse Chambers Island Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse Neenah (Kimberly Point) Bray’s Point Asylum Point Fond du Lac Calumet

Tour Guides Single - $2,882 (Cash Discount - $2,795) Wayne & Sally Wheeler Double - $4,928 (Cash Discount - $4,780) Fiscal Year, 2015 10 1st Quarterly Bulletin

Northern California Lighthouses Farallon Islands to St George Reef September 22 - October 1, 2015

From the Bay to the border with Oregon, come and enjoy the most complete tour of Northern California lighthouses we have ever been able to offer. Journey with us to the amazing including Light, and out to the Farallon Islands for a photo opportunity of a truly remote light station. Explore the famous “Fisherman’s Wharf” and see the 1st order Fresnel lens from Farallon Island Light on display there. No lighthouse trip to Northern California would be complete without walking through the long tunnel and across the suspension bridge to Point Bonita, or a hike down the cliff paths and 300 steps to the Light. The northern California coastal landscape is rugged and wild, and among other beautiful lighthouses, this tour will provide the unique opportunity to photograph up close the most expensive lighthouse built in the U.S.—St. George Reef—which we will be seeing via vessel. Our days are filled with 17 lighthouse adventures and magnificent coastal scenery including Scheduled Lighthouses monumental redwoods and local wineries. From Mendocino to Sonoma to Humboldt Counties, your Northern California tour promises to be exciting and memorable. Lightship RELIEF (LV605) Oakland Harbor East Brothers Island Itinerary Summary Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse Alcatraz September 22 - Oakland Lime Point Lighthouse (remains) September 23 - Oakland Mile Rock Lighthouse (remains ) September 24 - Crescent City Fort Point September 25 - Crescent City September 26 - Eureka Farallon Islands September 27 - Fort Bragg September 28 - Jenner Point Arena Lighthouse September 29 - San Francisco Point Cabrillo Lighthouse September 30 - Oakland Table Bluff Lighthouse October 1 - Flights home Trinidad Lighthouse Battery Point Lighthouse St. George Reef

Other Scheduled Stops

Simi Winery Redwood Grove Del Norte County Historical Society Museum

Tour Guides Single - $3,794 (Cash Discount - $3,680) Jeff Gales, Chris & Janet Brookes Double - $6,129 (Cash Discount - $5,945) Fiscal Year, 2015 11 1st Quarterly Bulletin

Downeast Maine Lighthouses and Lobsters October 6 - 12, 2015

At the mention of the phrase “Down East,” one envisions quaint fishing villages, snug bays, and myriad lighthouses studding tree-lined shores. Our 2015 Maine tour brings you all this and much more. This lighthouse adventure is timed such that we will travel during the peak of fall colors, and we’ll be there when Maine’s famous lobsters are in season. We’ll begin and head north to historic Campobello Island, the former summer home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an island in the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada. We will overnight in Lubec, Maine, the easternmost town in the continental United States, whose region features the East Quoddy, West Quoddy, and Mulholland Lighthouses. We’ll then head to Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, our base for three nights. Bar Harbor was New England’s premier summer resort in the 19th century and boasts estates built for some of America’s most influential families. Our exploration of this region includes a tour of Acadia National Park, Maine’s quintessential natural setting featuring rocky coastlines, mountains, ponds and marshlands where wildlife abounds. And, we have arranged two jet-powered catamaran cruises from Bar Harbor to maximize viewing and photographing of the area’s many offshore lighthouses, including Great Duck Island, Baker Island, Bear Island and Egg Rock Island as well as Bass Island and Burnt Coat Harbor Lighthouse. Along the way, we hope to spot the many whales, porpoise, and seabirds—even puffins—who frolic in these rich coastal waters. We have also allotted plenty of time on your own in Bar Harbor to walk, shop or even soak up the history aboard a stately horse-drawn carriage. Lighthouses, lobsters, fall colors, and abundant wildlife are sure to intrigue and entertain even the most seasoned traveler. Book now to join us in October for the Down East and Acadia Maine tour.

Itinerary Summary

Scheduled Lighthouses Oct. 6 - Bangor -Welcome Dinner Oct. 7 - Lubec East Quoddy Oct. 8-10 - Bar Harbor West Quoddy Head Oct. 11 - Bangor- Farewell Dinner Mulholland Oct. 12 - Flights home Little River Baker Island Bear Island Egg Rock Great Duck Island Winter Harbor Bass Harbor Head Petit Manan Moosepeak Nash Island Pond Island Prospect Harbor

Tour Guides Other Scheduled Stops Chad Kaiser Roosevelt Campobello Park Single - $2,784 (Cash Discount - $2,700) Acadia National Park Double - $4,742 (Cash Discount - $4,600) Fiscal Year, 2015 12 1st Quarterly Bulletin Tour Registration If a tour is full, we will return your check and place you on a standby list. Standbys are notified on a first come, first served basis when openings become available. I am interested in the tours that I have checked below: Number in Party Number in Party

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