It’s been a West Coast bed and breakfast staple since 1979. It’s owned by the US Coast Guard and maintained by nonprofit group East Brother Lighthouse Inc. Historic BeaconĮast Brother Light Station has a long history, established in 1874 in order to help sailors navigate the misty waters surrounding San Francisco.Īutomated in the 1960s, the lighthouse is still operating. For the money, the new hires will keep this historic tower up and running.
The position offers $130,000, split between two people. San Pablo Bay is part of the larger San Francisco Bay. Winners will be chosen from the applicants by the end of this month.New Year, new you, new job - how about looking after a lighthouse in California? On an idyllic island in the San Pablo Bay, the East Brother Light Station, a lighthouse-turned-inn, is seeking a pair of new keepers. He is surprised however that there have not been a great many applicants for these positions. There is also an “artist in residence “ programme. Here the small *Number Ten* is being freshened up. One of the duties of the summer keepers is to paint the lighthouses and properties. The harsh climate along the north shore of L Superior takes its toll on the paint. Morralee says he hopes summer student employees would look back on the experience as life changing, or at least a very beneficial experience, as have previous students, and others who have spent any length of time at the island light stations. The light tower, Porphyry Island Lightstation © Lois Nuttall Morralee says the pay is only minimum wage, about $11 an hour, but food and lodging are free, and students can also work on their own school or other projects as well as experiencing the incredible majesty of the Lake Superior environment. Approximate location of the three lighthouses leased by the CLLS based in Thunder Bay on Lake Superior © Google
The jobs are open to Canadian students, high school, college, or university, who will be returning to school in the fall. They act as guides, and maintain the buildings and grounds. To help with the preservation, during the summer tourist season students are hired through a federal government programme to man the lighthouses during the summer tourist season. Many volunteer and non-profit community groups thought this was wrong and have sprung up to preserve these historic buildings. This meant buildings on the property were often left to deteriorate and/or be vandalized. With technology, many government owned lighthouses were either automated, meaning keepers were no longer needed, or simply abandoned. Paul Morralee is a member of the Board for CLLS Listen Paul Morralee, Board member on the non-profit Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior, shown in the tower office on Porphyry Island Lightstation © Lois Nuttall The non-profit group Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior (CLLS) helps maintain the lighthouses and is offering a summer job to Canadian students to man three of the locations for the summer Several remain to this day, although with modern technology like GPS on ships, the lighthouses are more tourist attraction than critical navigation aid, although nonetheless still useful in that role.
In the 1800’s as shipping became more active, lighthouses were set up in critical areas all around the lakes. North America’s Great Lakes are so vast, they are like inland seas, and are subject to violent storms.
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