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Pearsontown Plantation was first settled in the 1750s, then incorporated as the town of Standish on November 30, 1785. Frye Island, named for Captain Joseph Frye, seceded to become a separate town on July 1, 1998. [4] A popular legend on Frye Island tells of Captain Frye and his escape from a tribe of Native Americans in Portland. While being ...
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.
The Frontier–Paterson Border Crossing connects the town of Northport, Washington with Rossland, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. It can be reached by Washington State Route 25 on the American side and British Columbia Highway 22 on the Canadian side. This crossing is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
A customs office has operated at or near this crossing since 1865, initially by the Colony of British Columbia to inspect vessels arriving via the Columbia River, and after 1871 by the federal government of British Canada, additionally to inspect trains with the completion of the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway (N&FS) in 1893. [1]
However, no documentary evidence exists for a replacement in the county records. The building is stylistically similar to a small number of regional buildings built between 1840 and 1850. This building housed the registry until 1918, and was used thereafter for town offices and the local historical society museum. [2] It is presently (2014) vacant.
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Frenchboro is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States, and a village within this town located on Long Island, southeast of Swans Island. [2] The population was 29 at the 2020 census. [3] The town is accessible by state ferry service from Bass Harbor. [4]
Sebago is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,911 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Portland – South Portland – Biddeford , Maine metropolitan statistical area .