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Something a Little Different!

One of the nice things about Facebook is that you get to meet a lot of great people. One of the newest I met was Tom Crestidina on a webpage in Facebook called West Coast Fisherman. Now my website is dedicated to lighthouses, and West Coast Fisherman is dedicated to “Fishing and fishing boat photos from […]

A Day at the Beach

I posted an article on a book that shows you what makes up beach sand,  A Grain of Beach Sand, and a lot of it is shells and glass. The larger pieces of glass are collected and use in jewelry as in the story Nootka Sea Glass. Now another company I have found called A […]

Mise Tales Sixteen

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Lighthouse Greeting Cards Earlier in November I reprinted two stories on the Cape Canaveral lighthouse (story 1 & story 2) by Judy Lovell. One thing you might have missed on her website are her Greeting Cards featuring lighthouses, antique maps and lighthouse […]

New HCF Funding Available for Fundy Shore Lighthouses

From:                         “Heritage Foundation of Canada”  HeritageCanadaFoundation@heritagecanada.org Subject:                     HCF / FHC Communiqué :                                                           New HCF Funding Available for Fundy Shore Lighthouses Date sent:                  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:13:05 +0000 HCF Funding Available for Fundy Shore Lighthouses Ottawa, ON, April 24, 2012 – The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) is […]

Deadline Looms for Canada’s Lighthouses

Deadline Looms for Canada’s Lighthouses From:                         “Heritage Foundation of Canada”  HeritageCanadaFoundation@heritagecanada.org Subject:                     HCF / FHC Communiqué :                                   Deadline Looms for Canada’s Historic Lighthouses Date sent:                  Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:11:01 +0000 Deadline Looms for Canada’s Historic Lighthouses Ottawa, ON, March 23, 2012 – The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) is urging Canadians to sign a petition http://www.savecanadaslighthouses.ca/   to help […]

Save Canada’s Lighthouses

Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association CALLING OUR CANADIAN FRIENDS – What do the Georgian Bay lighthouses at Killarney, Bustard Rocks, Gereaux Island, Pointe au Baril, Red Rock, Snug Harbour, Jones Island and Christian Island have in common? They are all timber frame structures and the Canadian Coast Guard has ignored the spirit of the Heritage […]

Canadian Coast Guard 50th Anniversary

On January 26, 2012 the Canadian Coast Guard will proudly celebrate its 50th Anniversary. Special celebrations will be held at Coast guard bases across Canada. There is a also Calendar of Events running from January to July 2012. There is even a Facebook page advertising the event. According to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Press […]