There are very few records for this Lighthouse which was active for 7 years. The town’s history provides a reason for the importance of this Light and the Light’s short duration:

In 1830, a Shipbuilding yard was constructed for building brigs and Grand Banks schooners.

By 1840, Pamet River Harbor was another busy whaling center with a fishing fleet of 8 ships.  Over the next 20 years, this fishing haven had problems recovering from natural disasters.  The great gale of Oct 2, 1841 off Georges Bank destroyed 7 fishing ships and 57 seamen were lost.

In 1849, A typical Cape Cod style Lighthouse with a Tower and octagonal Lantern Room extending above the roof of 2-room Keeper’s house was constructed and exhibited a Fixed Red light 31-feet above mean high water visible for 6-miles.  Although no photographs may exist, Pamet River Harbor Lighthouse was most likely similar to:

In the 1850s, erosion began to claim the harbor and the East Harbor entrance was blocked to form a lake.  The Lighthouse was discontinued in 1856 and the property was sold in 1857 or 1858.  Most of the town’s people owned shares in the successful Union Company Store.  Residents moved elsewhere to earn a living after the store went bankrupt in 1860.

In 1872, the Pamet River Life-Saving Service Station was built 3.5-miles south of Highland Light on a high sand dune near the village of Pamet River Harbor.  Shoreline Erosion was a continual threat and offshore sand bars caused frequent disasters.  On December 5, 1893, the British ship Jason was shipwrecked on a dreaded sand bar a half mile north of the Pamet river Life Saving Station and twenty-six crew members perished in the tragedy.  Samuel J. Evans, the ship’s apprentice, was the sole survivor.  The station was inactive in 1937 and discontinued in 1938

(2) The property was sold between 1857 and 1858. There are no records of what became of the lighthouse.

Corn Hill Beach, 0.5-miles north of Pamet Harbor, is an accessible beautiful bay beach with a shallow sloping ocean floor and warm ocean inlets.

(3) Due to drifting sands, the exact location of the Lighthouse is not known.  The government purchased the property somewhere on the north side of the harbor near the the mouth of the river.