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Cleveland East Ledge Light
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<p>Cleveland East Ledge Light is a historic <a href="/facts/Lighthouse/HAwW4RFW">lighthouse</a> in <a href="/facts/Falmouth%2c_Massachusetts/JnPFRPhJ">Falmouth, Massachusetts</a>. It sits on a man-made island in shallow water on the eastern of the two halves of Cleveland Ledge, which is said to have been named for President <a href="/facts/Grover_Cleveland/4TPPTvRN">Grover Cleveland</a> because he owned the nearby <a href="/facts/Gray_Gables/MeIoRUsg">Gray Gables</a> estate and used to fish in the area. It marks the east side of the beginning of the dredged channel leading to the <a href="/facts/Cape_Cod_Canal/3uD6zDvA">Cape Cod Canal</a> and is the first fixed mark when going northbound through the canal. As it is an important mark in an area subject to fog, it has a <a href="/facts/Racon/LUBHAI8G">racon</a> showing the letter "C". </p>