Some Canadian lighthouses are switching from diesel power to solar and wind. Offshore wind doesn’t seem to be a detriment to tourism on Block Island. Australia pursues a solar-to-hydrogen microgrid ...

Close to 1,000 Canadian lighthouses have been declared surplus and could be up on the auction block under a new law. The list, including 480 active lighthouses, was released in the middle of a Senate ...

Canada is desperately seeking assistant lighthouse keepers to man 51 staffed lighthouses along its coastline. The spires are set along the west coast of the country, near scenic British Columbia, and ...

The future of the oldest wooden lighthouse on the Great Lakes – and one of the oldest in Canada – may be in jeopardy as negotiations with neighboring landowners have slowed. Built in 1840, the ...

Rising above the cliffs in vivid red, the Sainte-Marthe-de-Gaspé Lighthouse has long been a beacon for mariners and a proud landmark for the community Sainte-Marthe ...

On a splotch of land on the outermost edges of the B.C. coast, a lighthouse keeper is at a computer checking on his Air Miles balance while keeping tabs on the fog bank lurking just beyond the window.

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North America’s Great Lakes are so vast, they are like inland seas, and are subject to violent storms. In the 1800’s as shipping became more active, lighthouses were set up in critical areas all ...

SATURNA ISLAND, BC, May 25, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced the designation of the first two heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Panmure Island lighthouse to be featured on $10 coin from Canadian Mint Few things conjure up more nostalgia on P.E.I. than ...