“Horse hair adds flexibility to the mixture and decreases crumbly-ness. The sand used in this process is from the beach ...

Still, there are a few dozen lighthouse keepers working today as part of the Canadian Coast Guard. Barry Porter, author of “Adventures of a Lightkeeper,” was one of them.

Allen Shepherd doesn't know how 110-year-old diaries from a Nova Scotia lighthouse keeper ended up in his basement. But, as a lover of lighthouses, he's sure glad they did.

Carol Livingstone has had her share of spine-chilling experiences at P.E.I.'s West Point lighthouse. There was the time she saw — or thought she saw — a bearded man in the corner of a bedroom ...

Retired lighthouse keeper Gerald Butler explains how living in complete isolation was all in a day's work. He has advice for all of us living in these strange times.