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Category: Front Page

2022 Training Sessions

By Jen Lewis Posted on January 4, 2022 Posted in Front Page

The gray whales will once again be migrating north in March and April of 2022, and the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association is planning five Saturdays of whale celebrations from March 12th – April 9th. If you’d like to join us …

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Lighthouse Open for Window Shopping and Story-Telling!

By Jen Lewis Posted on September 30, 2020 Posted in Front Page, Info, Notes from the Light
Lighthouse Open for Window Shopping and Story-Telling!

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Lighthouse Gift Shop, Marine Science Exhibit and First Assistant Lightkeeper’s Museum are closed to visitors. However, we have adapted to this new world, and are now offering window shopping and story-telling seven days a week …

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Purchase a Lighthouse Mask!

By Jen Lewis Posted on September 21, 2020 Posted in Front Page, Notes from the Light
Purchase a Lighthouse Mask!

Have you been on the lookout for a way to support Point Cabrillo?? Look no further – we have lighthouse masks! Each of our lighthouse masks… • Are 100% cotton • Have a small slit to add an extra filter …

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March 21+22 Lens Tours Canceled

By Jen Lewis Posted on March 23, 2020 Posted in Front Page, Info, Lens Tour
March 21+22 Lens Tours Canceled

Unfortunately, due to regulations from California State Parks and recommendations from the CDC and governor’s office, the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association has made the decision to cancel Whale Festival Lens Tours on March 21+22, 2020. This is for the health …

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2020 Training Sessions

By Jen Lewis Posted on January 13, 2020 Posted in Front Page

Whale Festival 2020 is right around the corner, and we are looking for volunteers! If you’d like the opportunity to showcase the beauty that is Point Cabrillo at our upcoming events, we would love to have you. Our only requirement …

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Looking Back at 2019

By Jen Lewis Posted on December 30, 2019 Posted in Front Page, Notes from the Light, PR
Looking Back at 2019

Dear PCLK Volunteers, Supporters and Friends, We’re about to say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020 so it must be time for me to summarize what you, our brilliant volunteers, friends and supporters have enabled the Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers …

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‘To the Lighthouse’ Event

By Jen Lewis Posted on June 7, 2019 Posted in Front Page, Uncategorized

On the evening of Friday June 7, join Point Cabrillo Light Station and the Fort Bragg Public Library for a performance from local artist Linda Pack, of a selection from Virginia Woolf’s 1927 novel, To The Lighthouse. Friday, June 7, …

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2019 Training Sessions

By Jen Lewis Posted on February 16, 2019 Posted in Front Page

If you’d like to become a volunteer at the Point Cabrillo Light Station, there are many ways to get involved. You may volunteer inside our Lighthouse gift shop and museum, help spot marine life during our Whale Festivals, lead tours …

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Gray Whale Migration

By Betsy Frey Posted on April 30, 2018 Posted in Front Page
Gray Whale Migration

The eastern Pacific gray whales pass by Point Cabrillo twice, on their southward journey from mid-December into February, and again going north between February and early May. They do not migrate simultaneously, and not all the whales make it all …

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2018 Training Sessions

By Betsy Frey Posted on February 18, 2018 Posted in Front Page

  Whether you are a new or existing volunteer or want to explore new opportunities at Point Cabrillo Light Station, we offer docent training classes each year before Whale Festival (March 3-4 and 17-18). The 2018 schedule of classes appears …

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