The mystery of Baker's Island

Since 1791, there’s been a beacon to help fishermen and sea captains — bearing everything from spices to silk in the decades following the Revolutionary War — avoid the treacherous rocks and ledges that previously claimed numerous vessels. The same lighthouse has stood on the former Coast Guard land since 1820. At left: Cottages on the north side of Baker's Island.
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By Steven A. Rosenberg, Globe Staff
Since 1791, there’s been a beacon to help fishermen and sea captains — bearing everything from spices to silk in the decades following the Revolutionary War — avoid the treacherous rocks and ledges that previously claimed numerous vessels. The same lighthouse has stood on the former Coast Guard land since 1820.

At left: Cottages on the north side of Baker's Island.