The following day the keepers were removed by helicopter. Shortly after the Blizzard of '78 Boon Island Light was automated. In 1993 the second order Fresnel lens was removed and replaced by a modern solar-powered lens. The Fresnel lens remained in storage at the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation Team's facility in South Portland until April 2000, when it was put on display at the Kittery Historical and Naval Museum. In May 2000 the lighthouse was leased by the Coast Guard to the American Lighthouse Foundation.
Boon Island remains an active aid to navigation.
It can be seen distantly from the shores of York, but is best seen from a private vessel or from the lighthouse cruise offered by the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Back to previous page Lighthouse Depot and Lighthouse Digest Magazine are both major supporters of the American Lighthouse Foundation.