Where the northern coast still keeps its light.

Coastal introduction

Why these northern lights still matter

Along this coast, each lighthouse marks more than a shipping line: it records storms endured, communities supplied, and families of keepers who translated danger into guidance. Their towers remain as local memory in stone, iron, and glass—anchors for stories that still shape how shoreline life is understood today.

• Preserved towers

  19 surviving lights remain charted across the northern coast.

• Keeper records

  Logbooks and oral accounts trace routine, risk, and rescue at sea.

• Beacon timeline

  From 19th-century oil lamps to modern optics, each upgrade shifted coastal safety.