When I booked that cruise for our club, I had also talked to another company out of Rye, NH, which goes past the Isle of Shoals. I had asked about accessibility for our club getting out to White Island Light; and had said it would make an unique NH State Park. He commented that the water was very rough and landing people would be hazardous. He then said that the State of NH had leased the lighthouse there to a diving school for their headquarters. So I guess that lighthouse does belong to NH, not Maine.

Our local papers have written articles on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. THere is a dispute about ownership also. THe article mentioned NH people working at a NH facility but having to pay state income tax to Maine. (NH does not have any state income tax). So feelings have been running high. Maybe ownership will change someday when all the disputes are settled---- and if Whaleback reverts back to NH, then the HL flag would be correct.

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