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Machias Seal Island Photos

August 22, 2014border dispute, Canada, lighthouse, litehouse, Machias Island, Maine, New Brunswick, Seal Island, USAAutomation, Canada, Coast Guard, Environment, Fishing, Government, History, Lighthouses, Maine, New Brunswick, Photos, Tourism, Travel, Visitors, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

Machias Seal Island is located on the East coast of Canada between New Brunswick and Maine. It is best known for its bird populations – especially puffins – and also for its ongoing border dispute between Canada and the USA. Thi taken s morning I was notified of a lovely photo album taken this month […]

Shine Bright Like A Lighthouse. A Love Affair With Maritime History.

May 25, 2014Canada, lighthouse, litehouse, New Brunswick, Prince Edward IslandAdult Memories, Art, Canada, Government, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, History, Lighthouses, Maps, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Photographs, Prince Edward Island, Reprint, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

Shine Bright Like A Lighthouse. A Love Affair With Maritime History. John Sylvester, Country Magazine May 15, 2014 Having grown up in Nova Scotia, I have fond memories of scrambling over the curved granite whaleback rocks below my aunt’s cottage near the community of Peggy’s Cove. Even though that’s the home of Nova Scotia’s most famous […]

An Island Dispute of our Own

December 4, 2012Canada, dispute, land, lighthouse, litehouse, Machias Island, Maine, New Brunswick, territorial, USAAnti-Automation, Automation, Canada, Foreign, Government, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Maine, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, On The Job, USA, Visitors, WW2retlkprLeave a Comment

An island dispute of our own Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, November 28, 2012 – 11:36 AM It’s not quite the Senkakus, but Stephen Kelly highlights a long-festering territorial dispute between the United States and Canada: Machias Seal Island is a 20-acre, treeless lump that sits nearly equidistant from Maine and New Brunswick. It, and the even smaller North […]