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Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse
PO Box 26, Biddeford Pool, ME 04006
Bill Edmunds photographer
WHO IS THIS?
Ron Kolek
of the
New England Ghost Project
He is on Wood Island with his team, investigating paranormal activity at the Lighthouse.
THEIR FINDINGS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE
JULY 29TH
DON'T MISS IT!
Maureen Wood
Medium who participated
in the investigation .
From the Executive Committee
Photo by Fred Field for the Boston Globe
Plans for our Summer fundraiser are underway and it will be a
We continue in our efforts to raise money to restore the lighthouse.
Your membership is very important - have you joined this year?
LIGHTHOUSE TOURS WILL BEGIN JULY 1ST
Tours will be available via phone reservation only.
Lightrunner will leave Vine's Landing on
WEDNESDAY 6PM (changing in mid August to 5PM)
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 1PM AND 2PM.
Keep informed via Tour Schedule Link
RESERVATIONS MAY BE MADE AT
207-286-3229
(follow the brief menu)
2006 FOWIL MEMBERS may call for reservations any time Monday thru Sunday for that weeks tours.
NON-MEMBERS may call for reservations only Wednesday thru Sunday for that weeks tours.
We wish to continue to give a benefit to those who financially support the
restoration efforts by becoming a member each year.
If you are interested in becoming a member click here for Membership.
We can make reservations for the current week only
due to the fact that we do not charge and no-shows would become a problem.
Lightrunner only carries 18 passengers.
Thank you for your understanding and remember our phone reservation person is a volunteer!
SHIPWRECKS
Wreck of the Edyth Anne
March 16, 1865
TOTAL LOSS
all lives saved by
Keeper Eben Emerson
Shipwreck Map
created by Eben Emerson's
descendent. Available from our online store.
AT NIGHT ON WOOD ISLAND
Judy MacGillivray and Terry Lowell on island for the Ghost Incvestigation.
It is beautiful, exciting and spooky at night at the Wood Island Lighthouse
especially when the
New England Ghost Project is doing an investigation!
There will be room for several people to join them next time.
Come to the HAUNTING EVENT
and
have a chance to bid on this opportunity - a really once in a lifetime experience.
JUST ASK JUDY OR TERRY!
A Whale of a Tale
Portland Advertiser & Gazette of Maine
November 13, 1838
(apparently a reprint fromm an item in the Saco Herald)
A Whale - One of the monsters of the deep, measuring upwards of sixty feet in length, was picked up adrift, dead as a herring, one day this week, by Mr. Norwood, keeper of the light on Wood Island, and towed up the river to the foot of Factory Island, where he has been exhibited "free gratis for nothing" to all who would take the trouble to look at him. He is the fin-back species.
Web Team: Sean Murphy, Bill Edmunds and Sheri Poftak
Newsletter Team: Sheri Poftak, Bill Edmunds and contributors
The Friends of
Wood Island Lighthouse
is a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation. It was formed in the Spring of 2003 specifically to preserve and restore the Wood Island Light Station. Please visit our web site for information.
photo by Sean Murphy