- Burkehaven Light is one of three lighthouses built on beautiful
Lake Sunapee in the 1890s in an effort to improve the safety
of steamboat travel. The builders were the Woodsum Brothers,
who ran the steamships that traversed the lake in its heyday
as a resort.
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- The lighthouse was destroyed by ice in 1935. In 1983 the
Lake Sunapee Protective Association raised funds and rebuilt
the lighthouse. By 1994 the crib on which the lighthouse stands
had again been badly damaged by ice and had to be rebuilt again.
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- The lighthouse is owned by the State of New Hampshire's Marine Patrol
Bureau and is maintained by the Lake
Sunapee Protection Association. It can be viewed from
the deck of the public tour boat Mt.
Sunapee II.
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