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Find Moose, Whales, Puffins

Where to find them:Where to find moose Massachusetts Whale Watch Whale WatchGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe New England Aquarium Watch 7 Seas Whale Watch New Hampshire Whale Watch Granite State Whale Watch Atlantic Whale Watch Maine Whale Watch Odyssey Whale Watch Bar Harbor Whales First Chance Whale Watch Booth […]

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Family Camping in New England

Pack the tents and cookstoves and fishing poles. It’s time to take the family camping. Look for New England’s finest camping gear. Here are Yankee‘ s best suggestions for a good time out under the stars of New England.

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Lighthouse Museums

The largest lighthouse museum in the United States is right here in New England, thanks to the 2007 merger of Rockland’s Maine Lighthouse Museum with the collections of the American Lighthouse Foundation, an advocacy and preservation organization, formerly based in Wells, Maine. Paintings, photographs, artifacts, lectures and presentations, and more. 1 Park Drive Rockland, ME […]

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Celebrations in 2009

Maine Lighthouse Week is June 14-21. For tour and event information, contact individual lighthouses, in addition to: lighthouse.cc/links/cruises.html officialmainelighthousetours.com/ maineexpressions.com/ cyberlights.com/lh/lighttours.htm sailmainecoast.com On August 6 this year at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show in Pittsburgh, the U.S. Postal Service will dedicate a new 42-cent stamp featuring The Long Leg, a painting done by Edward […]

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Lighthouse-Themed Products

Now in its 20th year, Lighthouse Depot in Wells, Maine, offers two full floors of everything and anything associated with lighthouses. (There’s also a new branch store in Rockland, plus a thriving mail-order business.) Service jackets? Check. Kitschy earrings? Yep. Requisite coffee mugs? Of course. “Artistically sculpted” toilet handles? Why not? Plus furnishings, books, DVDs, […]

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Stay in a Lighthouse

Rose Island Lighthouse Rhode Island Roseislandlighthouse.org Guaranteed water view. In addition to day tourists, Rose Island Lighthouse welcomes overnight visitors and weekly keepers who are willing to do chores. Families with children ages 5 and up are especially welcome, but no pets. Overnighters can stay in the turn-of-the-century museum on the first floor. The second-floor […]

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All About Lighthouses

Lighthouses Slide Shows Photos of New England Lighthouses Great Online Resource Visit Jeremy D’Entremont’s New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at lighthouse.cc for history, photos, stats, access info, and more. Lighthouse Magazine Published 11 times a year, Lighthouse Digest is the only publication in the world devoted strictly to — you guessed it — lighthouses. […]

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