Island of One: The Keeper of The Lighthouse

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Island of One: The Keeper of The Lighthouse

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Many of the lighthouses in New Brunswick, Canada have closed, but the revolving brights on Machias Seal Island continue to shine thanks to Doug Laugher. To beat the solitude, the dedicated second-generation lighthouse keeper stays busy with small tasks and doesn't mind the "escape from reality." A Great Big film by our filmmakers and friends Jungles in Paris.
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@Retired_Gentleman 6 жыл бұрын

Spending my early childhood on lighthouses I found the comment on boredom especially interesting. To this day more than 50 years after leaving my last lighthouse as a kid I never become bored. Living on the islands taught me that.

@tutiea.9893 8 жыл бұрын

One of the dreams of my childhood: to leave on the island and look after the lighthouse.

@haroldfain5350 8 жыл бұрын

jcashl u flattkopbo'

@dimlighty 2 жыл бұрын

*live

@STOPJABBAINGON 8 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to be a lighthouse keeper as a kid, but then these days they're mostly automated in the UK.

@bennoguetli331 8 жыл бұрын

+Great Big Story kh🎓🎓👙👠👙👙💳💳👡👡👡⌚💲👒

@KaSwipeSter 6 жыл бұрын

Same in the US

@BCLighthouseKeeper 4 жыл бұрын

Luckily Canada still has staffed lighthouses, 27 in BC and 23 along the East Coast. They are staffed and maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard so if your dream is to become a lightkeeper then you need to move to Canada and apply!

@maurschmidtz 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from another Lighthouse Keeper on the West Coast of the country! I’m a Lightkeeper at Estevan Point Lighthouse, close to Tofino, BC!!

@whisperingocean. Жыл бұрын

A little late, but what is it like to be a keeper? How does one combat loneliness?

@bogdan4052 6 жыл бұрын

This is what I need. And books. A lots of them! :)

@somedesertdude1308 4 жыл бұрын

Srfu pla

@barnobarno5403 4 жыл бұрын

@@somedesertdude1308 your mom gay

@butterflyninja3294 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of introverts dream

@Bughunt89 4 жыл бұрын

E C L A I R E C L A I R My dream home 😍

@matthiasgraveel9191 2 жыл бұрын

I know my dream

@DreadPirateRoberts121 4 жыл бұрын

Tell me, what's a timberman want wit bein a wickie?

@dan-wd2fx 4 жыл бұрын

HAAAAAAAAARK!

@ripamoramee14 4 жыл бұрын

Just trying to make my way....like any man

@justinrozario2003 4 жыл бұрын

@@ripamoramee14 starting anew?

@ThePoeticWalrus 3 жыл бұрын

@@ripamoramee14 On the run...

@IHateMyAccountName 2 жыл бұрын

You don't like me cookin?

@dcarroll327 3 жыл бұрын

Who's here from Johnny Harris video

@martinpfrogner6689 3 жыл бұрын

Ay ay

@HarrisonTBr0wn 3 жыл бұрын

@azmatrayan8861 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao me.

@chills5100 2 жыл бұрын

Love that guys info

@zabeih Жыл бұрын

@dylanwallace9420 4 жыл бұрын

Willem Dafoe sounds different than I remember

@ieatyourbrain8478 4 жыл бұрын

"I wanna own a decommissioned lighthouse.."

@MeHarryMeGood123 4 жыл бұрын

You're fond of me lobster ain't ye?

@ripamoramee14 4 жыл бұрын

Oh don't be such an old BITCH

@dozsaendre 4 жыл бұрын

HAAAAARK

@raidennaz1590 4 жыл бұрын

DAMN YE

@shockedcurve453 3 жыл бұрын

LET NEPTUNE STRIKE YE DEAD WINSLOW

@PutitinDaramen Жыл бұрын

I think I wanted to be a lighthouse keeper for a while because I had the desire to not exist. Its nothing malicious or sad, its just feeling like you want to disappear. Its weird, you'd only understand the feeling if you've felt that way before. anyway I now associate lighthouses with those feelings.

@direstraights 5 ай бұрын

It's simply gorgeous, walked the boards a few or more times. ❤ 🌊🌊

@skittletit8138 2 жыл бұрын

this dude would be practically safe during a zombie apocalypse

@theanonymouschicken169 2 жыл бұрын

Or corona

@albertiwong 7 ай бұрын

I was on Machias seal island for a week of training back in the late 70s for satellite land surveying. Pitched tent within sight of the lighthouse.

@RobertOrgRobert 5 жыл бұрын

It’s night time & you’re alone in the lighthouse when there’s a knock at the door .. what do you do ?

@somedesertdude1308 4 жыл бұрын

Open it

@J.Artan6 3 жыл бұрын

Load the shotgun...then open it.

@tubeguy4066 2 жыл бұрын

Shoot through the door

@paramedicineman89 2 жыл бұрын

If theres no one there, dont answer it..

@mermaidlover362 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to live there.

@patrickfarrell5615 4 жыл бұрын

I bet it's very easy to fall asleep at night inside a lighthouse

@maurschmidtz 3 жыл бұрын

PS I’d love to get in touch with the Lightkeeper directly in this video if possible.

@laugh629 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done.

@Greggee100 4 жыл бұрын

great on a date in middle of a storm

@LL-xt4ls 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for properly saying the location

@isacchris1 5 жыл бұрын

That would have been an awesome job!

@SCHRUBBE1966 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful ❤

@grege.2113 Жыл бұрын

if i had internet and beer Id live happily ever after

@icantcomeupwithagoodusername24 3 жыл бұрын

Sad to see Great big story gone ain’t it?

@joelchils 3 жыл бұрын

How do I apply?

@jauxhaesthetic5920 3 жыл бұрын

This is the lighthouse from Electric by Katy?

@Mandirigma28c Ай бұрын

I am interested how to apply

@Strawhat-ya 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people are fascinated by going to the future but I would do almost anything to go to the past and figure out all the stuff we cannot awnser

@strugglingcollegestudent Жыл бұрын

I want to see the world before humans destroyed it

@williampead9253 3 жыл бұрын

I would point out that the solitude is disturbed daily by birders from the mainland visiting that island to view the puffins, auks and murres.

@mountain569 7 жыл бұрын

one of the best islands in Canada

@fartdorrito4531 4 жыл бұрын

OceanBlue Except it belongs to Canada!

@online2000. 4 жыл бұрын

OceanBlue ?? No it’s Canadian land

@sachemofboston3649 3 жыл бұрын

I think you mean one of the best islands in New England

@deprogramm 3 жыл бұрын

@@online2000. It's US land which canada occupies by its military. Once the president takes an interest, it will be taken back. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machias_Seal_Island#

@IAmACanadian 3 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely one of the most interesting Canadian islands out there, with America thinking they own it.

@kristinabaker4433 6 жыл бұрын

I wanna thumbs up, but 222 just looks so pretty...

@j.d.peppmeier9041 3 жыл бұрын

I missed my calling !!

@lionelcox9119 Жыл бұрын

Please save the lighthouse in Barbados

@JMac7395 5 жыл бұрын

Every time I read about lighthouse keepers they're always single. Are they not allow to have families with them on the island???

@AlashiaTuol 5 жыл бұрын

Depends. Historically, many lighthouses were built with a single keeper and their family in mind. But some were manned by shifts of several rotating keepers that switched out every few weeks, rather than a single keeper. Those were rarely encouraged to bring their families, due to the hassle of moving so many people in and out so often.

@BCLighthouseKeeper 4 жыл бұрын

Lighthouses in BC are set up so that both the Principal and Assistant Keepers can bring their families. Both AK and PK have their own dwellings that are primarily 3 bedroom houses and so are set up for a good size family. There is only 1 station in BC that does not allow you to bring families and that one is pretty cramped as it is a rock lighthouse with the dwelling constructed as part of the tower on a pile of rocks in the middle of nowhere.

@meghpawale1508 Ай бұрын

Vacancy havay ka ?

@cosmichiking5278 4 жыл бұрын

what a dream

@66sonicfan 4 жыл бұрын

3:17 Thicc

@pozkodeth 3 жыл бұрын

very good camera work my friends

@naellozeau1654 Жыл бұрын

Did you just steal jungles in paris's video?

@user-zp1sg3ng6b 2 жыл бұрын

Fresnel Lens Lighthouse 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@ja553 6 жыл бұрын

A solitary life.

@mwnciboo 5 жыл бұрын

But a good one

@patrickfarrell5615 4 жыл бұрын

Yes . People are counting on you .

@waleah4855 2 жыл бұрын

Johnny Harris brought me here.

@pratwurschtgulasch6662 4 жыл бұрын

that's nice. only thing is lighthouses are now obsolete because of radar and gps.

@praestant8 3 жыл бұрын

not really. visual aides are still important.

@Sauer_Kraut 2 жыл бұрын

@@praestant8 Weather reports have to come from somewhere...

@randybridges7365 2 жыл бұрын

All I need is weed and beer

@svetlanarebane 6 жыл бұрын

Lol some Americans are probably triggered about that title card but it's true we own Machias Seal Island

@sethstearns2090 5 жыл бұрын

no one is

@TheLastHylianTitan 5 жыл бұрын

why would we be triggered? you seem to be taking good care of it, it's fine

@sachemofboston3649 3 жыл бұрын

TheLastHylianTitan the lighthouse doesn’t need to be manned, they just send him there to maintain a bs claim over the land when the treaty of 1782 clearly stated it was Massachusetts land. Congrats the British built a lighthouse on our land and now the Canadians claim it as theirs.