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Baker Island is a Cranberry Isle with a 19th-century homestead and a lighthouse. Learn about its maritime past and wildlife on ranger-led boat tours from mid-June to mid-September.
March 14, 1988. Baker Island Light is a lighthouse on Baker Island, Maine, which is part of Acadia National Park. [2] [3] The light station was established in 1828 as a guide to the southern entrance to Frenchman Bay. The present tower was built in 1855; the well-preserved tower, keeper's house, and associated outbuildings were listed on the ...
Baker Island Lighthouse. In 1812, William and Hannah Gilley moved with their three children to 123-acre Baker Island, situated four miles off Mount Desert Island. With a rocky coastline that often made landings impossible, Baker Island was unclaimed and unoccupied, so, according to Charles W. Elliot, author of John Gilley – One of the ...
GETTING TO THE ISLAND Bakers Island is located about 4 miles off the coast from Salem. Most of the 55-acre island is private, residential but the 10-acre light station on the north side of the island is owned and managed by the Essex National Heritage Commission. There are a few options to get to the island for your overnight visit:
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Joseph and Annie Muise's two year stint at Baker Island, from 1930-1932, resulted in more sacrifice than most; the family's short time there was marked by hardship, triumph and tragedy. The Muises arrived on Baker with four children: Ronald (12), Bill (11), Madeline (10) and Adele (1). Annie was pregnant.
The smaller tower on Baker’s Island was deactivated and dismantled in 1926, and at that time an addition was made to the taller tower to serve as a drop tube for the weights that revolved the lighthouse’s new lens. Baker’s Island Light was automated in 1972 and converted to solar power in 2000.
