Events and News of Thacher Island

Thacher Island Association Events 2010 Annual Meeting: Monday June 28,2010 at the Rockport Library,Peggy Brenner Room 7:30.All are invited,refreshments will be served and we will recap the past years accomplishment and our plans for 2010 and beyond.
Annual Lighthouse Cruise: Join us on Friday, July 30 for an exciting trip around Cape Ann to see the lighthouses of Thacher, Annisquam,Ten Pound Island and Eastern Point. Aboard Cape Ann Whale Watch boat Hurricane II the fastest and most comfortable boat on the Cape. Jeremy D'Entremont, lighthouse expert and author,will be our narrator once again. Cash bar, sandwiches and snacks available or bring your own(No liquor may be brought on board). Boat sails promptly at 6:00PM and returns at 9:00 from the Cape Ann Whale Watch docks on Main St.in Gloucester. Call 978-546-7697 for reservations.Donation is $30.00 per person.
Art & Photo Days on Thacher Island: Saturday August 7 and Wednesday August 11.Three trips each day at 8,9, and 10AM returning at 3, 4 and 5PM. We will also have a 4:00 am trip on Saturday August 7 for those who want to catch the sunrise on Thacher which is spectacular! Artists and photographers of all levels are invited. Donation is $25.00 and beverages will be supplied.Call 978-546-2250 for reservations.
Trips to Thacher Island. Beginning on June 19 (weather permitting) we will offer three (3) trips each Saturday at 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00AM. returning at 11,12 and 1PM. Wednesday mornings at 9AM returning at 1PM. Trips will run through August and leave from the Town dock. T-Wharf across from Sandy Bay Yacht Club. Reservations are required by calling Dottie Carroll at 978-546-7697. Donations accepted. Trips are limited to 15 passengers.

Volunteers Needed!

Once again we are asking for

volunteers to help with various projects this summer.

Catagories include ;

Workers to help with various projects on the island when we go out on Wednesdays during the summer. Jobs include wood working, porch repair, painting, landscaping, mowing with a tractor, weed whipping and brush removal.

We also need help with electrical installations.Anyone who has experience with renewable energy systems, photo voltaic cells, wiring or solar power is welcome.

Call Paul St.Germain at

978-546-7214

or Syd Wedmore at

978-546-3754

if you are interested.

New book on Thacher Island just published on May 3, 2010.

Paul St.Germain is the President of the Thacher Island Association. He has been a Rockport resident for15 years and can see the island from his home. With assistance from the Sandy Bay Historical Society, he has put together a revealing record and a fascinating pictorial history of this fabled island.
Thacher Island was named for Anthony Thacher, who in 1635 lost his four children and other family members in a shipwreck during the most severe storm ever to hit the Massachusetts coast. Only Anthony and his wife Elizabeth survived. Twin Lights of Thacher Island, Cape Ann captures the history, adventures, and intimate stories from over 200 years of lighthouse keepers living on the island, including how the two towers were built and how scientific discoveries were applied to improve the lights over the years.
Using archival photographs, each present the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of Thacher Island today.

Proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Thacher Island Association for their restoration efforts.

128 pages with 200 vintage photographs, many never seen before.

$22.00 each