>> Click to enlarge << The scaffolding going up on the Swallowtail ... Photo by: Lisa Porter

The 163-year-old Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, Canada is finally getting the repairs that it so desperately needed.

>> Click to enlarge << Crates of supplies and equipment for the ...

Proving that lighthouse preservation doesn’t come easy, Kenneth Ingersoll of the Swallowtail Keepers Society has been the driving force behind the 16-year effort to restore and save the lighthouse that overlooks the Bay of Fundy.

>> Click to enlarge << Scaffolding is nearly completed in July of 2023 ...

>> Click to enlarge << Swallowtail Lighthouse is all wrapped up for its ...

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