Eldred Rock Lighthouse
by David Wagner
Title
Eldred Rock Lighthouse
Artist
David Wagner
Medium
Mixed Media - Photography
Description
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
ELDRED ROCK LIGHTHOUSE, LOCATED IN the middle of the remote Lynn Canal in the Alaskan Panhandle has a very storied, and in some cases, tragic history.
This lighthouse along with nine others were commissioned after a series of deadly shipwrecks in the vicinity. The most notorious of these was the wreck of the Clara Nevada steamship, which ran aground on Eldred Rock in February of 1898. The vessel burst into flames and sank, claiming as many as 75 lives. It’s also believed that hundreds of pounds of gold were lost in the disaster. The gold has never been recovered.
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August 8th, 2022
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