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Richmond Island, or Richmond's Island, is an island off the coast of Cape Elizabeth in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. [2] The island is named for Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond . [ 3 ]
Timanfaya National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Timanfaya) is a Spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is 51.07 square kilometres (19.72 sq mi), [1] and the parkland is entirely made up of volcanic soil.
In 1628, he became the first European immigrant to settle on Richmond Island, off Cape Elizabeth in today's Maine. [1] [2] Known as "Great Walt," [3] Bagnall was a trader, and gained fortune by cheating the Wabanaki Confederacy. He was killed in 1631 by Scitterygusset (or Squidrayset), [4] [5] the brother of female Wabanaki leader Warrabitta. [1]
The Rumford Archaeological Sites are a collection of prehistoric Native American sites in the vicinity of the Androscoggin River near Rumford, Maine.These six sites provide a window of observation into the movements and practices of Native Americans from c. 7,000 BCE (the early Archaic period) to the Late Woodland period and contact with Europeans.
Robert Trelawney (25 March 1598 – 1643) was an English merchant and colonist who settled lands in what became Maine, United States. He was also a politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1642. The son of Robert Trelawney, thrice mayor of Plymouth, Trelawney was a merchant and colonist at the settlement.
The Richmond Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Richmond, Maine. Established in the 17th century, the town reached its height of prosperity in the 19th century as a major shipbuilding center on the Kennebec River. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
The town is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, Cape Elizabeth had a population of 9,535. [2] One of the wealthiest towns in the state, Cape Elizabeth is the location of Portland Head Light, which is the oldest lighthouse in Maine.
The bay is bounded on the east by the Schoodic Peninsula and on the west by Mount Desert Island; parts of both are in Acadia National Park. It contains numerous islands, the largest of which is Ironbound Island. The highest elevation of the islands in the bay is found on Jordan Island. The largest town on the bay is Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert ...