Boston Light was automated in 1998, but is still staffed by a resident civilian keeper assisted by volunteer watchstanders from the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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The first keeper, George Worthylake, with a salary of £50 a year, also acted as pilot for vessels entering the harbor.
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The first keeper of Boston Light was George Worthylake, who drowned, along with his wife and daughter, when returning to the island in 1718.
It is best known as the location of Boston Light, the only remaining Coast Guard-manned lighthouse in the United States, and an important navigation aid for traffic to and from the Port of Boston.
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Her record stood for several years and her unprecedented success in the Boston Light Swim was noted in a 1912 Chicago Tribune article titled, "Is There Anything Women Can't Do?"