West Quoddy The easternmost point in the U.S. is the red and white striped West Quoddy Lighthouse. A group of concerned citizens chose West Quoddy Head in 1806 as a suitable place for a lighthouse to aid mariners who were coming into the west entrance to Quoddy Roads between Campobello Island and the mainland. Thomas Jefferson ordered the lighthouse built in 1808. In 1820 West Quoddy received one of the nation's first fog bells, and the keeper was required to strike the bell by hand when it was foggy, which was quite frequent in the nearby Bay of Fundy. The keeper was paid an extra $60.00 annually for his trouble. The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1853, the present 49 foot brick tower, was built in 1858 wth a third order Fresnel lens installed. In the same year a one and a half story Victorian keepers house was built and in 1869 a trumpet fog whistle replaced the earlier bells. Automated in 1988 West Quoddy Light is now part of West Quoddy Head State Park, the grounds being open to the public with trails leading along the shore and to the lighthouse.