Upon reflection....
In 1717, the ship Squirrel brought Samuel Shute, the royal governor of Massachusetts, to Arrowsic Island on the Kennebec River to renew a peace treaty with the local Indians. The ship ran aground but was later refloated, and the incident was memorialized in the name given to the location: Squirrel Point. The Squirrel Point Light was erected in 1898, and several other buildings were added later. The light was automated in the early 1980s, but before that there were many lighthouse keepers and their families who lived in a house nearby. We saw the lighthouse during a very fun and informative lighthouse cruise in Maine.
Upon reflection....
In 1717, the ship Squirrel brought Samuel Shute, the royal governor of Massachusetts, to Arrowsic Island on the Kennebec River to renew a peace treaty with the local Indians. The ship ran aground but was later refloated, and the incident was memorialized in the name given to the location: Squirrel Point. The Squirrel Point Light was erected in 1898, and several other buildings were added later. The light was automated in the early 1980s, but before that there were many lighthouse keepers and their families who lived in a house nearby. We saw the lighthouse during a very fun and informative lighthouse cruise in Maine.