Green Island Lighthouse Introduction
In December 1937, the world's largest luxury ocean liner at the time, the President Hoover, set sail from Keelung to the Philippines. Due to heavy fog, it ran aground in the waters off Green Island (Chaikou). The next morning, residents of Green Island launched boats to rescue the crew and passengers, bringing them to shore and accommodating them in their homes, earning widespread praise internationally. To thank the residents for their bravery, the American authorities donated funds through the Red Cross to construct the Green Island Lighthouse. During World War II, the lighthouse was destroyed in an air raid, and the lighthouse visible today was rebuilt in 1948 by the government of the Republic of China.
