Harrow Point Light
First lit in 1864, its Fresnel lens guided vessels over the outer shoals until 1972.
Northern Coast Lighthouses
Where beacon light, shoreline weather, and human memory meet.
Explore archival history, keeper stories, and preserved towers from across the northern coast.
- Preserved towers
- Archive photographs
- Keeper accounts
Coastal introduction
A chain of lights that shaped passage, labor, and memory along the northern coast.
This archive follows each tower as both beacon and dwelling—where engineering met weather, routine, and shoreline communities. Read through images, keeper accounts, and surviving places to see how the network worked as one living system.
- Image
- Story
- Place
Preserved landmarks
Four surviving towers, each with a distinct coastal memory.
These stations remain as working records of navigation, weather, and keeper life along the northern coast. Start here, then continue by location.
Whitemere Beacon
Keeper logs from this headland detail fog-bell intervals during the coal-steamer decades.
Northwatch Tower
Its granite stair and iron gallery survived the 1911 storm-repair campaign intact.
Kelp Strait Light
Electrified in 1938, it still preserves a hand-wound clockwork backup in the lantern room.
Place-based guide
Trace each preserved lighthouse along the northern coast.
The map gathers towers, dates, and surrounding shoreline context in one view, so visitors can compare where each beacon stands today and how it connects to nearby keeper stories and archive photographs.
Explore the map.