Front Cover: Detroit River Lighthouse -- in color
Back Cover: Langara Point, British Columbia, Canada -- in color

Main Articles

• Detroit River Lighthouse
  • The vast majority of Great Lakes water borne commerce passes through the Detroit River. Since 1884, the Detroit River Lighthouse station has been a site for an aid to navigation. 2 photos, map, plans
  • Bar Point Lightship, Canada
  • Bois Blanc, Canada
  • Lime Kiln Crossing Lightships, Canada
  • Point Pelee, Canada

• British Columbia Lighthouses by Chris Mills, 8 photos, map
  • Addenbroke Island
  • Boat Bluff
  • Bonilla Island
  • Fisgard
  • Green Island
  • Ivory Island
  • Langara Island
  • Lennard Island
  • Pine Island
  • Porlier Pass
  • Sheringham Point
  • Triple Island

• Raspberry Island Light Station -- Part II
  • The article is excerpted from a Historic Structure report compiled by David L. Snyder, Park Historian of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. 15 photos, map, plans

• Lighthouse Memories -- Twelve Children at Lonely Isle Royale
  • Life on Menagerie Island, Isle Royal, Lake Superior, Michigan, from The Detroit News, July 7, 1931 by Stella M. Champney. 3 photos, map

• Our Sister Service -- Part II -- Weapons Against the Sea
  • Second in a series of articles on the U. S. Lifesaving Service by Dennis L. Noble. Covers Lyle Guns, Life Cars, Breeches Buoys, Surf Boats. . . 3 photos, 6 illustrations

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    Additional Features

    • The View from the Lantern Room: President Wayne Wheeler reports that he has been selected as a delegation leader for a lighthouse preservation team that will travel to either China or South Africa, under the Citizen Ambassador Program, in 1997.
    • U. S. Lighthouse Service Bulletins:
      • July 1938 -- A Forgotten Type of Navigational Aid -- Bell Boats
      • June 1913 -- Device to Awaken Light Keepers
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    • Society District Reports:

      New England

      • Marshall Point, Port Clyde ME
      • Sequin Island, Georgetown ME
      • The Island Institute -- U. S. Congress Bill Expected to Pass
      • Cape Cod Highland, Truro MA
      • Nauset, Eastham MA

      North Atlantic

      • Montauk Point, Long Island, Montauk NY
      • Navesink, Highlands NJ
      • Cove Point, Chesapeake Bay, MD
      • Pooles Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD

      South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

      • Cape San Blas, Panhandle area FL
      • Anclote Key, Tarpon Springs FL
      • Pass Manchac, Lake Pontchartrain LA

      Great Lakes

      • Big Bay Point, Lake Superior, Big Bay MI
      • Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven MI
      • Keeper of the Light theatre production of Lake Superior Big Top Chatauqua, Bayfield WI
      • Galoo Island, Lake Ontario, NY
      • Au Sable, Lake Superior, Munising MI
      • Marblehead, Lake Erie, Marblehead OH
      • Tawas Point, Lake Huron, East Tawas MI

      West Coast

      • Point Cabrillo, Fort Bragg CA
      • Heceta Head, Devils Elbow State Park OR
      • Point Pinos, Pacific Grove CA
      • John Abbott Memorial, Santa Cruz CA

    • Book Reviews:
      • Little Sable Point Light Station by Thomas Tag
      • The Lighthouse Activity Book by Elinor De Wire
      • The Lighthouses and Lightships of Casco Bay by Peter Dow Bachelder
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  Updated 15 August 1996, jmc

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