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2. Great Diamond Island - Wikipedia

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   Vintage postcard depicting Great Diamond Island, Casco Bay, and Portland Maine. Great Diamond Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the city of Portland. At the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of 77. The island is not accessible from the mainland by motor vehicle and

3. List of islands of Maine - Wikipedia

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   The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.

4. Maine Land Trust Network - Wikipedia

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   The Maine Land Trust Network (abbreviated MLTN) promotes discussion among the eighty land trusts in Maine, United States. [1] It was established in 1995. [2]As of 2023, MLTN members have conserved over 2,685,000 acres (1,087,000 ha) of land, maintain over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of hiking trails, and provide over 340 water access points.

5. Birch Island, Maine - Wikipedia

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   Norton Preserve, owned by Harpswell Heritage Land Trust and maintained by the Maine Island Trail Association, is located in the northeastern section of the island. [2] It is named for conservationists Helen and Walter Norton. [1] [3] Walter died in May 2016, aged 91. [4] Helen owns School House 1913, a restaurant in Harpswell. [5]

6. Little Diamond Island - Wikipedia

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   Little Diamond Island Depot in 1925. Little Diamond Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the city of Portland. The island was formerly known as Little Hog Island. It is mostly made up of private property, and it is a vacation destination. It can be accessed by ferry from the mainland. [1] As of the 2000 census ...

7. Fort McKinley (Maine) - Wikipedia

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   Fort McKinley is a former United States Army coastal defense fort on Great Diamond Island, Maine in Casco Bay, which operated from 1873 to 1947. It was named for President William McKinley. It included a sub-post, Fort Lyon, on Cow Island, just north of Great Diamond Island.

8. Cushing Island - Wikipedia

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   View of Fort Levett and Ram's Island ledge, Cushing Island, Maine, ca. 1904. The United States Army began acquiring land on the island in the 1890s to build Fort Levett, named for explorer Christopher Levett, the English explorer and first settler of what is now Portland, which eventually grew to 200 acres (0.8 km²). (The island was initially ...

9. Cow Island, Maine - Wikipedia

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   Cow Island is a 26-acre (11 ha) island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States, [1] off Great Diamond Island, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Portland, and is part of the Town of Long Island in Cumberland County. A non-profit youth development organization called Rippleffect owns the island and has the responsibility to protect the ...