Following an eight-year hiatus, the Sheldon Museum is resuming efforts to lease and restore the Eldred Rock lighthouse.
The museum’s Eldred Rock committee will send a letter of interest to the U.S. Coast Guard, seeking a five-year license to work on the structure built in 1905. It sits on a 2.4-acre island in Lynn Canal 20 miles south of Haines.
Committee chair Pam Randles said the museum is committed to the project, despite a restoration…