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Malaga Island is a 41-acre (170,000 m 2) island at the mouth of the New Meadows River in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It was the site of an interracial community from the American Civil War until 1911, when the residents were forcibly evicted from the island. [ 3 ]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Christian missionaries from Malden, Massachusetts, Captain George and Lucy Lane, began to visit Malaga Island during the summer of 1906. The Lanes focused their missionary efforts on educating the children of Malaga Island. They actively raised funds to build a permanent school on the island and help pay for food and clothing.<>
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. It was home to a large hotel, The Appledore House, during the 19th century.
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
Nov. 15—"Blackouts" by Justin Torres beat out "This Other Eden," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Harding's novel inspired by the sad history of Maine's Malaga Island, and three of works of ...
[5] [4] On locations such as Malaga Island, the Trust also protected the cultural history of the region. [6] On the 50th anniversary of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust in 2020, it listed 329 whole islands protected by conservation easements and 148 preserves available for public access, a combined total of 156,000+ acres including 99 miles of ...
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.