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Light Hearted

Jeremy D"Entremont, U.S. Lighthouse Society

The official podcast of the U.S. Lighthouse Society

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Light Hearted ep 307 – Peter Halil, UK lighthouse...

Light Hearted ·

2025/01/26

Peter Halil and his wife, Isla This is part two of a two-part interview. Peter Halil was a lighthouse keeper in the UK from 1974 to 1997, and he was among the last traditional lighthouse keepers there before all the lights were automated. Peter Halil was keeper at South Stack Light Station in Wales 1980-83. USLHS archives. He also shot video at as many lighthouses as possible before they were automated. His videos sometimes include footage of the keepers at work, and, when possible,

49:27

Light Hearted ep 307 – Peter Halil, UK lighthouse...

Light Hearted ·

2025/01/26

NOTE - There is a technical issue preventing the posting of this episode as of 10:30 a.m. eastern time on Sunday, Jan. 26. It will be posted as soon as possible.Peter Halil and hjis wife, Isla This is part two of a two-part interview. Peter Halil was a lighthouse keeper in the UK from 1974 to 1997, and he was among the last traditional lighthouse keepers there before all the lights were automated. Peter Halil was keeper at South Stack Light Station in Wales 1980-83. USLHS archives. He

18:48

Light Hearted Lite #13 – Rob Benchley, Sankaty Head...

Light Hearted ·

2025/01/19

Rob Benchley at Sankaty Head Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’EntremontThis is re-edited version of an interview with Rob Benchley first heard in episode 81 in September 2020. Rob is the volunteer modern day keeper of Sankaty Head Lighthouse in the Sconset village on Nantucket in Massachusetts. He’s also an accomplished photojournalist who has been the staff photographer for three island newspapers, and his photography has been featured in the New York Times and the Boston Globe. Rob was one of the

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Light Hearted ep 306 – UK lighthouse keeper and...

Light Hearted ·

2025/01/12

Peter HalilThere are two segments in this episode. The first guest, Peter Halil, was a lighthouse keeper in the UK from 1974 to 1997. He was among the country's final traditional lighthouse keepers before all the lights were automated. He was stationed at some well known light stations in England and Wales, including South Bishop, Dungeness, St. Catherines, Bishop Rock, the Lizard, and others. Peter interviewed Prince Phillip (master of Trinity House, the UK lighthouse service) in

23:57

Light Hearted Lite #12 – Karen Zacharuk, keeper at...

Light Hearted ·

2025/01/05

With the world's longest coastline and more lakes than the rest of the world combined, Canada is also home to more than 750 lighthouses. In spite of automation, there continue to be 49 staffed lighthouses operated by the Government of Canada. Aerial view of Cape Beale, BC (Courtesy of Karen Zacharuk) The light station at Cape Beale is one of the 25 stations that remain staffed on the coast of British Columbia. A resident keeper still maintains the navigation equipment and buildings, monitors

44:00

Light Hearted ep 305 – Jake Heffernan, Kewaunee...

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2024/12/29

In 1836, rumors of gold in a muddy river on the west shore of Lake Michigan near modern day Green Bay, Wisconsin, spurred the creation of what would become the City of Kewaunee. The arrival of a railroad in the late 1800s led to increased shipping in the area, and in 1880-81 two long piers were built at the entrance to the harbor. In the years that followed there were a number of reconfigurations of the piers and lighthouses in the harbor. Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse, Wisonsin. (Friends of the

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Light Hearted Lite #11 – Dolly Bicknell’s memories of...

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2024/12/22

Edward Rowe Snow, his daughter Dolly, and his wife Anna-Myrle prepare for a Flying Santa flight in 1964. (Friends of Flying Santa) The Flying Santa tradition traces its origins to a pioneering pilot in Maine named Bill Wincapaw. To show his appreciation to lighthouse keepers and their families, on Christmas Day in 1929 he loaded his plane with a dozen packages and dropped gifts for the lighthouse families in the midcoast area. He soon expanded the flights to more of the Maine coast and to the

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Light Hearted ep 304 – Jonathon Gaare, Fire Island, NY

Light Hearted ·

2024/12/15

Fire Island Light Station, New York. Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Fire Island is one of a chain of barrier islands running along the south shore of Long Island, New York. The first lighthouse on Fire Island was a 74-foot-high stone tower built in 1826. It was considered too short, so the much taller brick lighthouse that still stands was built in 1858. The new tower was fitted with a powerful first-order Fresnel lens. For many years, the flash of the Fire Island Lighthouse was the first sight of

25:41

Light Hearted Lite #9 – Maine lighthouse keeper Ernie...

Light Hearted ·

2024/12/08

Ernie DeRaps, a native Mainer, spent several years in the 1950s and ‘60s as a Coast Guard lighthouse keeper at four Maine lighthouses – Monhegan, Fort Point, Heron Neck, and Browns Head. A book written by Ernie and his wife Pauline was published by Foghorn publishing in 2006. Ernie’s half of the book was called Lighthouse Keeping. If you turn the book over and upside down, the other half of the book, by Pauline, or Polly, Fitzgerald DeRaps, was called Light Housekeeping."Light Hearted" host

Light Hearted ep 303 – Amy Frank, Door County...

Light Hearted ·

2024/12/01

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, Wisconsin (courtesy photo)Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, established in 1868, is on a 76-foot bluff in Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin. The square tower, constructed of Cream City brick from Milwaukee, is connected to the keeper's house. The light served to guide shipping through the Strawberry Channel. In its active history (1868-1926), there were only three keepers. William Duclon served an impressive 35 years (1883-1918). He and his wife raised seven sons at

27:12

Light Hearted Lite: Betty Hindley Hatzikon,...

Light Hearted ·

2024/11/20

Joseph Hindley and his daughter Betty. Courtesy of Betty Hindley Hatzikon.Joseph Hindley had a long career as a lighthouse keeper that spanned from the late 1920s to 1972, when he retired as the last civilian keeper in the New England region. He served at offshore stations early in his career: Whale Rock (RI), Butler Flats (MA), and Sakonnet Point (RI). He and his family spent six years at Gay Head Light Station on Martha's Vineyard, and then 16 years at Nobska Point Light Station on Cape

56:42

Light Hearted ep 302 – Manitowoc North Breakwater...

Light Hearted ·

2024/11/17

Manitowoc North Breakwater Lighthouse, USLHS photo by Tom Tag The city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is on the west shore of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Manitowoc River. The Manitowoc North Breakwater Lighthouse, built in 1918, is one of the area’s most familiar icons. The lighthouse property was auctioned by the federal government in 2010 under the guidelines of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The buyer was Philip Carlucci of Melville, New York. Courtesy of the

54:56

Light Hearted 301 – Cape Canaveral, FL, and the...

Light Hearted ·

2024/11/03

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse on Florida’s east coast is owned by the United States Space Force and maintained as an active aid to navigation by the Coast Guard. Visits to the lighthouse are made available by the nonprofit Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation. The Foundation completed the construction of a new replica keeper’s house in 2019. Funding has now been secured for the building of two additional replica keepers’ houses to improve the visitor experience. In this episode, Becky Zingarelli, museum

17:47

Light Hearted Lite: Ford Reiche, owner of Halfway...

Light Hearted ·

2024/10/29

This is an edited version of an interview first heard in episode 21 in August 2019. Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a 76-foot granite tower built in 1871 on a windswept ledge far out in Maine's Casco Bay. The property was bought at auction in 2014 by entrepreneur Ford Reiche. Ford Reiche in 2017; photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. His amazing restoration has earned him several awards. The Maine Preservation Association recognized the project with its 2016 Preservation Award, and the American Lighthouse

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Light Hearted 300th episode special – most memorable...

Light Hearted ·

2024/10/20

To celebrate the 300th episode of this podcast, host Jeremy D'Entremont spoke with almost every person who’s served as a co-host in the past five-plus years. He asked each person a simple question – What has been your most memorable lighthouse experience? The answers are all over the map, which points out that there are an infinite number of ways that people connect with lighthouses. Interviewed are Averie Shaughnessy-Comfort, Ben Ridings, Bob Trapani Jr., Cindy Johnson, Emily

59:58

Light Hearted ep 299 – Nick Korstad: Borden Flats,...

Light Hearted ·

2024/10/13

Nick Korstad Nick Korstad, who is originally from Portland, Oregon, fell in love with lighthouses when he was in middle school. When Borden Flats Light in Fall River, Massachusetts, came up for sale via government auction in 2010, Nick saw a great opportunity. He achieved his dream of public access when he opened the lighthouse for overnight stays in 2013. Big Bay Point Lighthouse on Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been privately owned since the early 1960s and it was has been converted into a

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Light Hearted ep 298 – John Bolster, Lightship...

Light Hearted ·

2024/10/06

Lightship Overfalls, photo by Jeremy D'EntremontThe Lightship Overfalls, more properly known as the LV-118 or the WAL 539, was the last lightship built under the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Built in East Boothbay, Maine, in 1938, the 116-foot-long vessel incorporated the latest features of lightship design at the time. The LV-118 saw duty in several locations in its active career. From 1938 to 1957 it was at Cornfield Point, at the east end of Long Island Sound off Old Saybrook, Connecticut. From

47:27

Light Hearted ep 297 – U.S. Lighthouse Society...

Light Hearted ·

2024/09/29

Henry and Chris with two of their grandkids This is part two of a two-part interview with Henry Gonzalez, who became the president of the U.S. Lighthouse Society this past spring after 25 years in a vice presidential role. Chris and Henry at Fastnet Lighthouse in Ireland. Henry has lighthouses in his blood. He’s the great-great-grandson of a lighthouse keeper who served on the north coast of Spain from 1863 to 1904, and he has a third cousin who is currently a lighthouse keeper in Spain

57:08

Light Hearted ep 296 – U.S. Lighthouse Society...

Light Hearted ·

2024/09/22

Henry Gonzalez and his wife, Chris, at Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Maryland. This week's guest, Henry Gonzalez, was the U.S. Lighthouse Society's Vice President for East Coast Operations from 1999 until 2006. He assumed a broader role as the Society's sole Vice President until March 2024, when he began a four-year term as president. Henry also served two terms as President of the Chesapeake Chapter of the Society from 1997 to 2007. He was the project manager of the Thomas Point Shoal

46:13

Light Hearted ep 295 – From 1988: Maurice Babcock Jr....

Light Hearted ·

2024/09/11

Jeremy D'Entremont and Malcom Rouse at Owls Head Light Station in 1988. Photo by Charlotte Raczkowsi. The three interviews heard in this episode date back to the summer of 1988, when Light Hearted host Jeremy D'Entremont traveled up the Maine coast to visit lighthouses. The first interview is with Maurice Babcock Jr., at his home in Lubec, Maine. His father, Maurice Babcock Sr., was the last civilian keeper at Boston Light. He was the prinicipal keeper there from 1926 to 1941 after about a decade

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