The last lighthouse keeper: Why a Nova Scotian couple refused to leave their island paradise

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The last lighthouse keeper: Why a Nova Scotian couple refused to leave their island paradise
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The waters around Mosher Island can be treacherous, and it was Thom Drew's job to help ships navigate them – until the Coast Guard automated lighthouses like his. He and his wife are still there, living a solitary and hard-working life, and they wouldn't have it any other way

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