Bloody Point Bar Light
The Bloody Point Bar Light is located off the south end of Kent Island, Maryland on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay. Although it marks dangerous 6-foot shoals, it stands near the deepest part of the Bay: a 174-foot shipping channel.
"Bloody Point Hole" has a storied past. According to some, colonists lured a group of Native Americans to the location under false pretenses and slaughtered them there. A French pirate was rumored to have been hanged nearby. Some say sick and dying Africans bound for the slave markets in Annapolis were thrown overboard at Bloody Point. And there are rumors that, a century ago, skipjack captains reluctant to share the profits from their oyster haul would gybe quickly and let their deck sweeping booms knock crewmen into the waters around Bloody Point.
The lighthouse itself is still active, though unmanned. Built in 1882, the light stands 54-feet above the waterline. A terrible explosion and fire in 1960 nearly killed two young Coast Guardsmen. After that, the light was refurbished and automated.
