Type:
Year Established:
1893
Existing:
Yes
Download:
burkehaven.jpg (4.04 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2002
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
LOCATION
Location:
WEST SIDE OF LAKE SUNAPEE
Latitude:
43 37.17'
Longitude:
72 06.58'
City / Town:
SUNAPEE
U.S. State:
New Hampshire
Location County:
SULLIVAN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
New Hampshire Marine Patrol Bureau
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1983
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
WOODEN CRIB
Tower Daymark:
WHITE
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
This was one of three lighthouses built on Lake Sunapee in the 1890s in an effort to improve the safety of steamboat travel. The builders were the Woodsum Brothers, who ran the steamships that traversed the lake in its heyday as a resort. The original lighthouse was destroyed by ice in 1935. In 1983 the Lake Sunapee Protective Association raised funds and rebuilt the lighthouse. By 1994 the crib on which the lighthouse stands had again been badly damaged by ice and had to be rebuilt again. The lighthouse is owned by the State of New Hampshire's Marine Patrol Bureau and is maintained by the Lake Sunapee Protection Association.
Information from New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide website, author Jeremy D'Entremont - www.newenglandlighthouses.net