Doomsday List
Encyclopedia
The Doomsday List is a list of endangered lighthouse
s compiled by Lighthouse Digest
magazine. The list usually consists of lighthouses in the United States
, Guatemala
, and Canada
, but occasionally will include sites from other countries as well. Inclusion on the list raises awareness that a lighthouse is in trouble. The List is updated bi-yearly. Russ Rowlett keeps an annotated version of the Doomsday List on the Lighthouse Directory. He has also compiled a Watch List of other lighthouses he feels should be on the Doomsday List.
The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
also holds a Doomsday List of Canadian endangered lighthouses, though according to Russ Rowlett it is not truly national in scope as most of the lighthouses listed are in Nova Scotia
. Russ Rowlett keeps a more complete list with no official standing.
A similar list for lighthouses in Puerto Rico
was constructed by Sandra Shanklin for the Lighthouse Digest in 2002.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
s compiled by Lighthouse Digest
Lighthouse Digest
Lighthouse Digest is a specialty magazine for lighthouse and maritime history enthusiasts published in East Machias, Maine. Launched in May, 1992, by FogHorn Publishing, it is dedicated to preserving lighthouse history, current and yesteryear, for future generations.-Scope:Coverage includes...
magazine. The list usually consists of lighthouses in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, but occasionally will include sites from other countries as well. Inclusion on the list raises awareness that a lighthouse is in trouble. The List is updated bi-yearly. Russ Rowlett keeps an annotated version of the Doomsday List on the Lighthouse Directory. He has also compiled a Watch List of other lighthouses he feels should be on the Doomsday List.
The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society
The Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society is a non profit charitable organization that works to save lighthouses in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest and oldest lighthouse heritage organization in Canada...
also holds a Doomsday List of Canadian endangered lighthouses, though according to Russ Rowlett it is not truly national in scope as most of the lighthouses listed are in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. Russ Rowlett keeps a more complete list with no official standing.
A similar list for lighthouses in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
was constructed by Sandra Shanklin for the Lighthouse Digest in 2002.