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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.
During an April 1786 snowstorm, a Spanish ship carrying iron wrecked on Tinker's Island. [1] Through history, the island has been variously rented out for ballast or for a boy's camp. Official ownership (for tax purposes) of Tinker's Island was unresolved for decades, then, in 1969, Salem, Massachusetts officially claimed the island for tax ...
Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Cousins Island in Yarmouth, Maine.Located in today's Katherine Tinker Preserve, [1] it is now closed to burials. [2]The cemetery is so named because it contains only members of the Hill family, with dates of death ranging from 1831 to 1899. [3]
Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Home to Maine's Acadia National Park and the charming seaside town of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island is the sixth-largest island in the United ...
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
I moved to North Haven, Maine, 20 years ago to be a teacher. Kids here get to play outside alone, not only because it's safe, but because they need it.
The dam and power house are collectively known as the Tinker Generating Station. The dam is located in Aroostook Junction, New Brunswick, immediately downstream of Fort Fairfield, Maine, and less than 1 km east of the Canada–United States border. The reservoir floods the Aroostook River valley into a portion of northeastern Maine.
Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge contains more than 50 offshore islands and four coastal parcels, totaling more than 8,100 acres. The complex spans more than 250 miles (400 km) of Maine coastline and includes five national wildlife refuges—Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island.