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Light Hearted ep 185 – Abe Ellis, Salmon River Lighthouse & Marina, NY
Fantastic Atlantic Salmon fishing has long been a prime attraction at the mouth of the Salmon River in New York, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. …
4 years, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 184 – Sherry and Willy Faust, Stony Point (Henderson), NY
July 30, 2022
A lighthouse was established at Stony Point at the eastern end of Lake Ontario in New York in 1838. One of the most notable things abou…
4 years, 1 month ago
Light Hearted ep 183 – Pat Williams and Eric Klein, Forty Mile Point, MI
July 23, 2022
In 1890, the Lighthouse Board recommended a lighthouse at Forty Mile Point, on the northeast coast of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The p…
4 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 182 – Roslyn Esposito, Jenn Bogard, Bill Cooper: Plum Island, MA
July 16, 2022
Plum Island, a nine-mile long barrier island off the northern coast of Massachusetts, was first connected to the mainland by bridge in …
4 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 181 – Jan Cole, Eagle River and Sand Hills, MI: Jane and Jean Gertz
July 9, 2022
The development of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula, which juts about 60 miles north from the Upper Peninsula into Lake Superior, was based…
4 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 180 – Bruce Lynn, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, MI
July 2, 2022
Whitefish Point, near the eastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is a critical turning point for maritime traffic entering Lake Supe…
4 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 179 – Lighthouse preservationist Mike Vogel
Mike Vogel retired as editorial page editor of The Buffalo News in 2011, after a 41-year journalism career that included three decades as a reporter …
4 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 178 – Craig Wilson, Old Mackinac Point, MI; Karen Hintz, Eagle Harbor, MI
There are two interviews related to Michigan lighthouses in this episode, plus a special “Be a Lighthouse” segment for Father’s Day, with co-host Sar…
4 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted special edition – Bruce Weir and Sailors’ Snug Harbor, New York
Sailors’ Snug Harbor is a collection of nineteenth-century buildings on the north shore of Staten Island in New York City. It was founded as a retir…
4 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 177 – Marquette Harbor Lighthouse and Maritime Museum, Michigan
The city of Marquette, Michigan, is a major port on Lake Superior that’s known primarily for the shipping of iron ore. In the mid-1800s, Marquette’s …
4 years, 3 months ago