The deadline for bidding on Boon Island Light Station was extended from Saturday until Sunday morning by the U.S. General Services Administration. Bidding had been scheduled to close Tuesday but ...

Of course, the coast of southern Maine is not without its share of such tales, and none are as eerie, perhaps, as the tale of Boon Island Light. Six miles off the coast of York, the lighthouse can ...

The shipwreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island, a tale of winter survival and cannibalism, is a story that still fascinates 300 years later. Richard Bowen, program specialist for The ...

Aloft the lighthouse sent its warnings wide, Fed by their faithful hands, and ships in sight With joy beheld it, and on land men cried, “ Look, clear and steady burns Boon Island light ...

A strong winter storm cast the crew of the Nottingham Galley on the rocky shore of Boon Island in December 1710. The crew huddled together under a makeshift tent from one of the ship’s sails.