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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 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.
The 375-mile (604 km) [3] trail is operated by the Maine Island Trail Association (MITA), a non-profit membership organization based in Portland, Maine, with over 6,000 members. Trail properties are owned by private landowners, conservation organizations, and federal, state and municipal agencies, all of whom make their land available to MITA ...
Casco Bay Lines (also known as the Casco Bay Island Transit District; abbreviated to CBITD) is a publicly run transportation company that services the residents of the islands of Casco Bay, Maine. The seven islands are Peaks Island , Little Diamond Island , Great Diamond Island , Diamond Cove, Long Island , Chebeague Island and Cliff Island .
Marshall Island is an island and unorganized territory in Hancock County, Maine, United States. [1] [2] It lies where Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay meet, between Swan's Island and Isle au Haut. Uninhabited, it is one of the largest undeveloped islands surrounding the contiguous United States. [3]
Islesford is a hamlet located on Little Cranberry Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is one of the five islands of the town of Cranberry Isles . It lies in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Mount Desert Island , which is the site of Acadia National Park .
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 ...
Metinic Island is a 330 acres (130 ha) island in Knox County, Maine, United States, southeast of Port Clyde on the mainland and west of Matinicus Island. The island is part of the Plantation of Matinicus Isle. Metinic Island is approximately 2 miles (3 km) long and is less than half a mile wide at its widest point.