Immerse yourself in the Illuminating Cana Island experience now!

December 16, 2024 Mike Devine Leave a Comment

Learn what it took to maintain Door County’s iconic Cana Island lighthouse in this virtual window into life on the island 150 years ago by scrolling and clicking through a virtual voyage, the Illuminating Cana Island immersive experience.

This complement to the Wisconsin Lighthouses film allows participants to walk the grounds, listen to the sounds and read the logbooks about the daily duties of a lighthouse keeper as you make your way through the living quarters and climb up the steps to the top of the lighthouse!

Begin your voyage now!

As you scroll down through the interactive experience, various points of interest, (the white circles with white dots in the middle) will appear. Select each dot to investigate the highlight in further detail.

While exploring the interactive, participants have an opportunity to inspect an assortment of captivating multimedia attractions, including:

A Victrola record player

Choose one of the popular songs of the day to hear on the Victrola record player!

Lighthouse instructions

Read through a set of instructions for the lighthouse keepers.

Lighthouse keeper’s logbook

Leaf through the lighthouse keeper’s logbook to see what day-to-day duties were assigned.

Artwork by Sophie Blackall

As you make your way through the Illuminating Cana Island immersive experience, you’ll notice a series of cutaway images by Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Sophie Blackall (“Hello Lighthouse”) that will let you see what family life was like inside Cana Island lighthouse.

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