- Batag Island Lighthouse
Batag Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Batag Island off the coast of Laoang, Northern Samar. It marks the northeastern point of Samar Island and guide the ships that are coming from the south to the entrance of the San Bernardino Strait, one of the most traveled waterways in the Philippine archipelago. Together with the San Bernardino and Capul Lights, these stations are invaluable to vessels coming in from the Pacific and entering the archipelago through the San Bernardino Strait on its way to Manila or any other Philippine port.[2]
After Maniguin Island and Cape Bolinao Lighthouse, this is the third major lighthouse wholly designed and built by the Americans in the early part of American Colonial Period in the Philippines. It was the exact duplicate of the Cape Bolinao lighthouse when it was completed, both standing at 101 ft (30.8m) and both equipped with third-order lights.[3]
The Batag lighthouse together with the Capul Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.[4]
Lighthouses in the Philippines are maintained by the Philippine Coast Guard.
- St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby
St. Michael the Archangel Parish – designated for Polish immigrants in Derby, Connecticut, United States.
- Founded in 1905. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
History of St. Michael the Archangel Parish
Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney established St. Michael the Archangel Parish on July 15, 1905. Fr. Stanislaus Konieczny C.M., of the Vincentian Fathers, was appointed founding pastor. Durrschmidt Hall on lower Main St. was rented for Masses, the first of which was celebrated on August 20, 1905. A new church was dedicated on July 4, 1907, by Fr. John Synnott, who represented Bishop of Hartford Michael Tierney. The architect was Joseph A. Jackson of Waterbury CT.
- Onay Beach
- Kalakhaan Islet
- Pasyao Cliff
- Almuraya Fortress
- Grand Cañon
