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Isle au Haut is an island approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long by 2 miles (3.2 km) wide in Penobscot Bay, part of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean. An island forest Mount Champlain, elevation 540 feet (160 m), is the highest point on the island, located on a north-south ridge occupying the island's center.
The Gooden Grant House is a historic house at Head Harbor in Isle au Haut, Maine. Built in 1911, it is a fine vernacular Queen Anne house, home to one of the island's most colorful characters of the 20th century. Gooden Grant (1876–1975) was one of the island's most successful lobstermen, and the subject of local folkloric oral history.
Isle au Haut Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "Isle au Haut Light Station" in 1988. [1] The Coast Guard transferred the lighthouse to the Town of Isle au Haut in 1998 under the Maine Lights Program and the tower was completely restored in 1999. [7] The lighthouse remains in service as of 2008.
Saddleback Ledge Light is a lighthouse on Saddleback Ledge, an islet lying between Isle au Haut and Vinalhaven, Maine, in the middle of the southeastern entrance to Penobscot Bay. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The station was established and the current structure, designed by Alexander Parris , was built in 1839.
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.
Appledore Island, in Maine, is the largest of the Isles of Shoals, at 95 acres (38 ha).Formerly known as Hog Island, and prior to that as Farm Island, it is approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from east to west, and 0.6 miles (1.0 km) from north to south.
The table below provides information on Maine islands, organized by several key columns. Below is an explanation of each column. Registry #: The unique identifier assigned to each island by the Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR).
National Park Service trail map of Isle Au Haut in Acadia National Park, Maine, including trail distances and estimated hiking times. ... File history. Click on a ...