Activity #3 Making a Keeper’s Log

A three column table. The title is "Journal of keeper at Eagle Harbor Lighthouse." The three categories are 1. date 2. shipping traffic, and 3. duties, important events, weather
A template of a lighthouse keeper's journal. Print out this image or design your own and fill in the table for one day or more from the early 1900s.

NPS/A. Ruska

Directions:

1. Print Lighthouse Keeper's Log.
2. Write a daily log entry as the lighthouse keeper at the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. Create a log entry for any date in the early 1900s.
Include details about:

  • Observations of shipping traffic.

    • Did ships carrying copper pass through? Where were they going?

  • Weather conditions.

    • Was it storming? Were there clouds in the sky?

  • Challenges.

    • Was all your equipment working?

 
 

Last updated: December 23, 2025

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