Belle Island

Alternate Name(s):
Bell Island
Type:
Year Established:
ca. 1913
Existing:
Yes
Source:
Lighthouse Digest article, June 2000 - http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=773
Belle Island postcard
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LOCATION

Location:
Southwest tip of Belle (Bell) Island, Lake Cobbossecontee
City / Town:
Winthrop
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
Kennebec
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1938
Disposition:
Destroyed
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

The Belle (or Bell) Island Lighthouse stood on the southwest tip of Belle Island from around 1913 until 1938, when it was badly damaged by that year’s great hurricane. It was built privately by Elliott family, owners of half the island. 

Entered by:
Jeremy
Entered Date:
Nov 27, 2018