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Chandeleur Island
Lighthouse
Louisiana
LA 1.
Since Hurricane
Katrina, this lighthouse no longer exists.
All these photos can be
ordered, use the state # (ME12) for example
and the A, B or C,
if there is more than one.
Chandeleur Island
Lighthouse
Louisiana
LA 1E
This is possibly the one of the last photos
of this lighthouse. It was taken about 6 weeks.
before Hurricane Katrina.
Chandeleur Island
Lighthouse
Louisiana
LA 1A
Chandeleur Island
Lighthouse
Louisiana
LA 1B
Chandeleur Island
Lighthouse
Louisiana
LA 1D
LA1-B (1994)
It was in 1994 when we
first went to Chandeleur.
Actually, it was Bob who set foot
on the Island,
as there was just room for him and the man
that ran
the little Zodiac,
from the larger boat we went out into the Gulf
in.
I had been upset that I could only watch
from a distance,
but after Bob got back to the boat,
I was thankful. It was
summertime, it was hot,
and there were biting flies all over the
island.
Bob couldn't keep them out of his eyes and nose,
and
when he brushed dozens of them off his arms,
blood just ran from the
bites.
Since that photo was taken, there have been
several devastating hurricanes, including Georges
that smashed Round Island Mississippi lighthouse and Ivan in 2004.
Chandeleur Island
has washed away
and the lighthouse was in the water.
We reshot
it in June of 2005 flying with our favorite pilot,
Dr. Dan Roper and
his wife, Ann.
Now we hear Hurricane Katrina demolished the
Chandaleur Island Lighthouse.
See below for older photos from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Rex Caffey
from LSU
sent me these photos of Chandaleur.
They are not for sale, but simply
for your viewing pleasure.
The photo to
the left was taken in 2003,
and the two below in 2005, not long
before Hurricane Katrina. Much about the
same time as ours, above.
These two below may well BE the last
photos of the Chandaleur Island Light.
