Pictures of lighthouses and other navigation aids such as the harbor buoys, lights, bell buoys, cans and light towers are available for downloading. There is also a section on recommended books.
Aids to navigation have been around as long as sailors ventured upon the Oceans. Even today, as sophisticated electronic navigation systems seem to make visual methods somewhat obsolete, the older methods of providing visual reference points are still essential. While somewhat less important for giving notice of dangerous rocks and shoals, they still provide a sense of reassurance that the instruments are performing properly and that if a malfunction occurs, all will not be lost. Each light house or buoy has a distinctive pattern of lights, or sounds, or bell tones, or patterns, or numbers, that assist a navigator in determining his or her position.
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01nav.jpg Lighthouse, The Hague, NL |
02nav.jpg Saugatuck Light, Michigan |
Books about LightHouses
Books About Navigation Aids
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03nav.jpg Calvert Cliff Lighthouse Chesapeake Bay, Maryland |
04nav Puget Sound, Washington |
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05nav Patos Island Lighthouse, Puget Sound, Washington, Mt. Rainier in back |
06nav Vancouver Is.,BC, Canada from M/V Lady Rose |
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07nav Vancouver Is.,BC, Canada from M/V Lady Rose |
08nav Vancouver Is.,BC, Canada from M/V Lady Rose |
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09nav Shemainus, Vancouver Is.,BC, Canada |
10nav Chincoteague, Virginia Lighthouse |
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11nav Chincoteague, Virginia Lighthouse |
12nav South Carolina Lighthouse |
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13nav Neds Point Lighthouse, Mattapoisett, Mass. |
14nav West Island Bell Buoy. Fairhaven, Mass. |
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15nav Quicks Hole Green Can, Vineyard Sound, Mass. |
16nav Quicks Hole Green Can, Vineyard Sound, Mass. |
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17nav Ned's Point Lighthouse across the harbor from Mattapoisett town wharf |
18nav Palmer's Island Lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor, New Bedford, MA |
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