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Christopher Thomas Knight (born December 7, 1965), also known as the North Pond Hermit, is an American former recluse and burglar who claimed to have lived without human contact (with two very brief exceptions) for 27 years between 1986 and 2013 in the North Pond area of Maine's Belgrade Lakes.
Hermit Island can refer to: Hermit Island (Antarctic) Hermit Island (Wisconsin) Hermit Island, a tiny river island in the Smoke Hole Canyon of West Virginia, USA;
The biological richness of Smoke Hole's plant communities was demonstrated by a botanist in 1933 who documented 283 species of flora on the 4-acre Hermit Island alone. [35] The earliest spring annuals to emerge in the Canyon are bloodroot, followed by the yellow dog-toothed violet. Spring beauties, bluets and dandelions are not far behind.
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 ...
Phippsburg is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River.The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. [2] It is within the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine, metropolitan statistical area.
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
Nautilus Island is 38 acres (15 ha). [2] It has century-old buildings and tennis courts. [2] The island features in the opening of the famous poem "Skunk Hour" by Robert Lowell: "Nautilus Island's hermit / heiress still lives through winter in her Spartan cottage; / her sheep still graze above the sea. / ... Thirsting for the hierarchic privacy ...
Ragged Island (Harpswell, Maine) is a privately owned island in Harpswell, Maine, United States, in Cumberland County, which is geographically within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. It is located at 43°43′39″N 69°56′13″W / 43.72750°N 69.93694°W / 43.72750; -69.