News and Events


2021 Restoration Project Has Begun – Summer 2021

Sunset at the Work Site

The Lighthouse renovation project has started!! Follow the project’s progress here.  We need funds still to ensure we can get all of the work done in the summer of 2021. Will you help us to keep the lighthouse shining?  Please click on our “Donate” button to help.

Swim Around IAH to Raise Funds for the Lighthouse – Summer 2019

IAH’s own Alison and Molly are swimming 18 miles around the island to raise funds for the Lighthouse.  Donate either on our donation page or go to their Go Fund Me page.  All their videos including a tour of the lighthouse’s restoration needs can be viewed on YouTube. Good luck Alison and Molly and thank you for supporting the Lighthouse.

August 2018 – Our Heroes

As we prepare for our Annual Meeting on August 30, a word of appreciation for OUR HEROES in 2018 from the Isle au Haut Lighthouse Committee and Friends of IAH Lighthouse

To Bernie’s Talent Show for outstanding education about the bell doors

To Alison’s Film Festival for superlative financial support

To Colleen’s yoga class for aiding the fundraising

To Mac’s  lemonade stand for heartfelt donations

To Kathie, Luther, Mike, and Nick for use of workshop space and technical advice

To The Keepers House, The Island Store, and Shore Shop Gifts for selling “The Lighthouse and Me”

To Isle au Haut Boat Services for pitching the book on tours and in the ticket booth

To Rita for serving as Friend’s winter secretary

To all the members of the Lighthouse Committee and the Board of Friends of IAH Lighthouse for a year of outstanding service

And to donors like you, for your contributions which make our work financially possible, and for your enthusiasm which gives us the motivation to keep the light shining.

January 2018 – Thank You

The figures aren’t all in but 2017 closed with strong support for our continuing lighthouse restoration. Thanks to Nick and Colleen Filler’s challenge grant and the efforts of so many others, in December we added well over $50k to the Town’s Lighthouse Fund and the Friends of IAH Lighthouse.  Thank you to all who donated in 2017.

November 2017 – Donation Challenge

Generous friends of the Lighthouse will match donations, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $15,000, through the end of 2017.  Go to our donations page for more information.

November 2017 – “The Lighthouse and Me: History, Memoir, and Imagination” Available Now

The Lighthouse and Me: History, Memoir, and Imagination, by Jeff  Burke, is a comprehensive look at more than just names and dates.  Sometimes staid, sometimes  hysterical, his account is a caterwauling voyage from the Big Bang through discovering his own purpose in life. Burke invites the reader aboard for the excursion and encourages each of us to search the horizon for our own unique beacon.  The paperback book is available on Amazon.com and on Isle au Haut at Shore Shop Gifts.  It retails for $18.95.  It can also be ordered from the Friends of IAH Lighthouse, PO Box 41, Isle au Haut, ME 04645 by check for $23, which includes shipping and handling in the US.  Contact us for shipping charges outside the US.  All proceeds benefits the restoration projects.