Petite Manan Light The second tallest lighthouse in Maine, Petite Manan Light is 119 feet high and stands 123 feet above mean high water. The station has a fog signal to warn of the reef and is one of the foggiest location along the east coast and is engulfed in fog 20% of the year. Named by explorer Samual de Champlain, Petite Manan was established in 1817 and rebuilt with granite in 1855. The Manan comes from the Micmac Indians which means "island out to sea". Granite was cut in Trenton, Maine and numbered and brought to the island by boat. Iron tie rods were added in 1887 to strengthen the tower because storms were constantly beating against it. The island has been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife refuge and is home to a breeding colony of Atlantic puffins and common eiders(sea duck),common, artic and roseate tern colonies.