| Devoted to the Best Interest of Lewes | |
 September 1, 1938 edition | |
| Type | Weekly, semi-weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | I. H. D. Knowles (The Breakwater Light) Ebe W. Tunnell (The Delaware Pilot) |
| Founder(s) | I. H. D. Knowles |
| Publisher | I. H. D. Knowles (The Breakwater Light) Horace Greeley Knowles (The Breakwater Light) Delaware Pilot Publishing Company (The Delaware Pilot) Sussex Printing & Publishing Company (The Delaware Pilot) |
| Names | The Breakwater Light (1871–1890) The Delaware Pilot (1891–1920, 1938–1940s) |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Political alignment | Republican[a] (1871–1920) Non-partisan (after 1938) |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1920, c. 1942 |
| Relaunched | 1938 |
| City | Lewes, Delaware |
| Circulation | 2,400 (as of 1878) |
The Breakwater Light, later known as The Delaware Pilot, was an American weekly newspaper based in Lewes, Delaware, United States. It was founded in 1871 by I. H. D. Knowles as the first newspaper in the town's history, and ran under the name Breakwater Light for twenty years. It was sold to future state governor Ebe W. Tunnell in 1891, who renamed it to the Delaware Pilot. It continued under this name before suspending operations in 1920, later returning in 1938 for a few years before disestablishing permanently in c. 1942.
- ^ Conrad, Henry C. (1908). "Newspapers and Books". History of the State of Delaware, from the Earliest Settlements to the Year 1907. Wilmington, Delaware: Henry C. Conrad. p. 1,116.
- ^ Scharf, John Thomas (1888). "The Press of Delaware". History of Delaware: 1609–1888. L. J. Richards & Co. p. 463.
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