Moose Peak Light
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Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse
on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island
, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport. It was first established in 1827. The present structure was built in 1851.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island
Great Wass Island
Great Wass Island lies in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the State of Maine, United States. On the mainland is Jonesport in Washington County. The island is 5 mi long, 1.5 mi wide and it is the biggest island in the Great Wass Archipelago, which contains over 43 islands extending...
, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport. It was first established in 1827. The present structure was built in 1851.