The Cape St. George Light on St. George Island will shine bright beginning this weekend. The light will be lit at midnight on Saturday, October 31st, for the first time since the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1994. The lighthouse association chose to wait till the end of October to coincide with the end of Sea Turtle nesting season. The new light will be pretty high tech. Its an LED beacon that the lighthouse association purchased from a company in New Zealand. The light has a 13 nautical mile range and 2 will flash for a fraction of a second every six seconds. The light will be shielded on the north side to insure it doesn’t interfere with traffic crossing the bridge to St. George Island. The modern optic replaces the third order Fresnel lens which was removed from the lighthouse when it was automated in 1949. The lighthouse association is still trying to find out what happened to that lens. This Saturday’s event is open to the public, so feel free to join the St. George Lighthouse Association at midnight on Saturday to take part in a little Franklin County history. For more information contact Terry Kemp with the St. George Lighthouse Association at 850-927-2000.
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