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Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey

Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey is an independent project which seeks to meld the work of photographer and lighthouse enthusiast Donald W. Carter with a comprehensive guide to the lighthouses of Michigan, The Great Lakes, America, and the world.

Ways to Navigate

An Expedition Journal, kept by Diana Carter as she and Don traveled to photograph the lighthouses.

An Alphabetical Listing of all of the lighthouses.

A Geographical Index, with the lighthouses listed by bodies of water.

Other Resources

A Lighthouse Bibliography, containing works on the subject of lighthouses, many of which were used as references in creating these documents.

These documents are an evolving resource. Please be patient as new parts are continually being added.
August 24 - 29, 2005 New!
New Trip: Bois Blanc Island and Straits of Mackinac.

There are now over 500 lighthouses in this site!

New email address!

Don and Diana can now be reached via e-mail at lhkeeper1@comcast.net. Comments about this exhibition should be sent to that address. Please do not send attached pictures or other files with your messages.

This resource has moved to http://www.ipl.org/div/light/ Please update your links.

Lighthouses: A Photographic Journey
Conceived and Developed by David S. Carter
Photographs by Donald W. Carter
Text by Diana K. Carter, Donald W. Carter & David S. Carter

Copyright © 1995-2006 David S. Carter, Donald W. Carter, & Diana K. Carter. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means, physical or electronic, in part or in full, without the express permission of the authors, is strictly prohibited.

Updated on 17 Jan 2006

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