My eight day visit ashore with them was looked forward to every month of the year with much pleasure. The light at Goose Rocks was automated in 1963 and the Fresnel lens was replaced by a modern 250 mm optic. The light is now solar powered. The lighthouse was expected to be turned over to the town of North Haven or a local organization under the Maine Lights Program coordinated by the Island Institute of Rockland, but there were no applicants. Goose Rocks Light remains an active aid to navigation and can be seen distantly from Vinalhaven and North Haven.
Closer views are available from occasional lighthouse cruises out of Camden.
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