At the end of the trail, we came to a observation deck for the Tatoosh Lighthouse. The lighthouse is not open to the public, but the vistas in the area were awesome. The caves were mysterious and just standing there listening to the waves crash was relaxing in a way. Everywhere I turned was a crude "kodak moment" especially for a professional photographer which I am NOT!
In 1849-50, Wm McArthur lead an expedition surveying sites for lighthouses along the west coast. McArthur gave the following report after visiting Cape Flattery:
"A lighthouse is much needed also at Cape Flattery and I would recommend that it be situated on Totoochi Island, a small island almst touching the Northwest extremity of Cape Flattery...to vessels bound from seaward a lighthouse on this island would be of much assistance. It would enable them to enter the straits, when the absence of a light would frequently compel them to stay at sea until daylight."
Congress allocated a sum of $39,000 in 1854 to construct both the Cape Flattery Lighthouse on Totoosh Island and one on the New Dungeness Spit (Sequim). These two lights were part of the second batch of eight lighthouses to be compled on the west coast.
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