Friday, April 11, 2014

Lecture Series at Point Arena Lighthouse

Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers Presents
Shipwrecks of The Point Arena Coast
 A Talk by Rich Sequest

  • Date: Saturday, April 19
  • Time: 4:00 PM
  • Place: 45500 Lighthouse Road (in Fog Signal Building at lighthouse)
  • Cost: Suggested $5 donation

    Local videographer Rich Sequest will present a brief history of shipwrecks at Point Arena with special emphasis on the first -- the Russian American Company brig IL'mena, that went aground near the mouth of the Garcia River in 1820 -- which has been the subject of intense archaeological and historical interest.