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The Maine Lights Selection Committee has approved the transfer of seven additional lighthouses to a variety of municipalities, non profit organizations, historical societies and government agencies, bringing the total number of approvals to 17.
Approved for transfer at the most recent meeting of the committee were:
Burnt Island Lighthouse to the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources
Doubling Point Range Lights to the Range Light Keepers
Great Duck Island Lighthouse to the College of the Atlantic
Mount Desert Rock Lighthouse to the College of the Atlantic
Ram Island Lighthouse to the Grand Banks Schooner Museum
Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse to the City of Rockland
Seguin Island Lighthouse to the Friends of Seguin Island
Lighthouses previously approved for transfer as reported in last month's issue of Lighthouse Digest were Cape Neddick (Nubble), Curtis Island, Deer Island Thorofare, Fort Point, Goat Island, Monhegan, Nash, West Quoddy, Whitehead, and Whitlocks Mill.
The law under which the Committe operates, identifies 36 lighthouses which ownership may be transferred. Applications are being handled by the Island Institute of Rockland, Maine.
Four of the lighthouses are to be transferred directly to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Of the remaining 32, the Island Institute received 30 applications for 25, with three having multiple applicants. Stations that have no applications pending, meaning that no group apparently wants them, are, Franklin Island, Goose Rocks, Halfway Rock, Little River, Moose Peak, Ram Island Ledge, Spring Point Ledge and Wood Island Lighthouse.
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