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The island has sand and gravel beaches, ledges, and cliffs. The island is half spruce forest and half meadow. The island was previously used by the Calderwood family to feed their sheep. Owned by Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Open to the public. 75 acres (30 ha) 63-791: Caldwell: St. George: Knox: R: 63-794: Caldwell (East Most Lt) St. George ...
Jessie M. Murphy purchased 41 acres of the Lawes property in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the early 1930s. This land became known as Murphy Ranch. Winona and Norman Stevens purchased it from Jessie Murphy in 1933 or 1934. Winona Bassett Stevens was a wealthy heiress, inheriting a fortune amassed by Arthur J. Bassett in the Chicago steel ...
He began to acquire the Maine lands more than 150 years ago. [3] In 1997, the family's Seven Islands Land Company is believed to be the fourth largest private landowner in the United States, according to an analysis by Worth magazine. [4] Seven Islands is integrally tied to another family entity, Pingree Associates. As of 2017, the Pingree ...
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The Sewall House is located on the north side of Crystal Road (Maine State Route 159) just west of the Island Falls Post Office in the village center. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, three bays wide, with a side-gable roof, twin interior chimneys, and clapboard siding. A single-story hip-roofed porch extends across the south ...
Machias Seal Island; Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge; Malaga Island; Manana Island (Maine) Marsh Island (Maine) Matinicus Isle, Maine; Metinic Island; Mistake Island; Monhegan, Maine; Moose Island, Maine; Mount Desert Island
Blue Hill Bay is a bay lying to the west of Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. [1] Approximately 14 mi (23 km) long, its southern boundaries are set by Swan's Island and Placentia Island at its entrance; the town of Blue Hill lies at the far end. [1] Morgan Bay, Union River Bay, and Western Bay empty into it.
The Maine Island Trail Association (abbreviated MITA) is a grassroots, volunteer-run conservation and preservation group based in Portland, Maine, United States. It was co-founded by David Getchell Sr. in 1988, following a land survey , conducted by the State of Maine, of the state's uninhabited coastal islands.