Maine has more than 60 lighthouses marking its shoreline. West Quoddy
Lighthouse, the eastern most lighthouse in the United States, marks the point where
the sun first rises each day in this country. Cape Neddick Lighthouse, better known
as "Nubble Light," and Portland Head Lighthouse are two of America’s best-known
and most visited lighthouses. Camden has Curtis Island Light, Curtis Island was named for Cyrus Curtis, the publishing tycoon who founded the Saturday Evening Post. The tower was built in 1896, 25 feet of brick with a green fourth-order lens. Today the Coast Guard maintains the light and the town of Camden maintains the rest of the island.