Patos Island Lighthouse

Since 1893, a light has been shining from Patos Island, the northernmost island in Puget Sound. Built to guide ships through treacherous waters, the lighthouse was also a happy home for many, including Edward Durgan and his family in the early 1900s. Boundary waters smugglers and rumrunners once visited the island to stash their contraband, and it was a front—line guard for the nation during World War II. Manned for eighty—one years by the U.S. government, the light was automated in 1974 an...