Boon Island lighthouse

 

The 135-foot-high lighthouse, the tallest in New England, sits remotely on a treacherous, tiny island seven miles off the coast in York, Maine.

The rocky outcropping was the site of a 1710 shipwreck that left the stranded sailors resorting to cannibalism to survive the winter before their rescue.

The current cylindrical tower was built in 1855 after earlier ones had been washed away.

As one of the most remote lighthouses in New England, it has a wild history.