# Light Hearted 341 – Rick St. Pierre, Coast Guard keeper at Boon Island, Maine

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Podcast: [Light Hearted](https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-hearted-754364)
Published: 2026-04-05T04:00:04+00:00
Episode link: https://news.uslhs.org/2026/04/05/light-hearted-341-rick-st-pierre-coast-guard-keeper-at-boon-island-maine/
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## Resource

Rick St. Pierre Rick St. Pierre, originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts, had a 20 year career in the Coast Guard that included some time as the officer in charge at Boon Island Light Station in Maine. He was the officer in charge 1973 to 1975. In this interview, he remembers the daily duties on the island as well as the station’s resident ghost. Boon Island Light Station, U.S. Coast Guard photo. All the light station buildings except for the lighthouse tower have been destroyed. Rick’s years in the Coast Guard also included 3 ½ years on the cutter Eagle , on a weather cutter off the east coast of Canada, and on the cutter Storis , enforcing maritime law around Alaska. He lived at West Chop Light Station on Martha’s Vineyard for a while when he was the executive petty officer at Coast Guard Station Menemsha. He also spent time at search and rescue stations including South Portland, Maine, and he ended his Coast Guard career at Governors Island in New York. The Coast Guard cutter Eagle . U.S.Coast Guard photo.

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