ACTIVITIES for kids
Don’t miss the Children’s Area!
Make your own lighthouse, wander through a story on our magical self-guided StoryWalk®, and add your splash of color at the coloring stations! Hosted by our friendly South Portland Park Rangers and children’s librarians!
PURCHASE A LIMITED EDITION CHRISTIAN FIEDLER SOLARGRAPH
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
Ten 8x8 Limited Edition Signed Prints will be available for sale for $100 each.
The Bug Light Lighthouse Solargraphs were composed from Dec 6, 2022 to May 6, 2022
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
A solargraph is a type of photograph created using a pinhole camera and extremely long exposure time
The solargraphs are part of Fieders “Beacons Through Time” project. FMI: https://primitivepines.com/beacons-through-time/
Lighthouse passport stamp & commemorative MUGs
Stop by the SPCE Rotary Tent for your Lighthouse Passport Stamp
The Lighthouse Passport Program provides enthusiasts the opportunity to help preserve lighthouses as well as a wonderful way to keep a pictorial history of their lighthouse adventures. To learn more visit: https://uslhs.org/passports
Available for sale ($10 ea.) will be a limited number of 150th Anniversary commemorative mugs. Proceeds support lighthouse maintenance.
Participate in a Free Poetry Workshop
$0.00
John Reinhart will be hosting a table at the celebration, where he will inspire and guide participants in writing poetry about lighthouses.
Visit with Lighthouse Historian Howie Wright
Live History through the eyes of a storyteller
A lighthouse keeper’s life may seem idyllic, but tending to a lighthouse was a difficult and sometimes dangerous job. Maintaining a whale-oil-powered beacon around the clock to warn mariners away from dangerous shores required constant vigilance, including during serious storms. Learn about the history of the Portland Breakwater (aka Bug Light) through the eyes of 94 year old Howie Wright.
About Bug Light Lighthouse
FAST FACTS
- Station established: 1855
- Present lighthouse built: 1875 Automated: 1934; Discontinued: 1942; Relighted as private aid: 2002
- Construction material: Cast iron with brick lining
- The design is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, located in Athens, Greece
- Height of tower: 24 feet
- Original optic: Sixth order Fresnel
- Present optic: 250 mm
- Characteristic: Flashing white every 4 seconds.
- Maintained by the South Portland - Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club
