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Richmond Island, or Richmond's Island, is an island off the coast of Cape Elizabeth in Cumberland County, Maine, in the United States. [2] The island is named for Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond . [ 3 ]
Timanfaya National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional de Timanfaya) is a Spanish national park in the southwestern part of the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. It covers parts of the municipalities Tinajo and Yaiza. The area is 51.07 square kilometres (19.72 sq mi), [1] and the parkland is entirely made up of volcanic soil.
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 ...
The center, which will provide visitor attractions and office spaces, is expected to open in 2026, according to project leader Karl Stromayer. Maine’s Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge to ...
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.
In 1628, he became the first European immigrant to settle on Richmond Island, off Cape Elizabeth in today's Maine. [1] [2] Known as "Great Walt," [3] Bagnall was a trader, and gained fortune by cheating the Wabanaki Confederacy. He was killed in 1631 by Scitterygusset (or Squidrayset), [4] [5] the brother of female Wabanaki leader Warrabitta. [1]
It is set south of the First Congregational Church of Pittston, on the west side of Arnold Road, an old alignment of Maine State Route 27, which runs just to the east. The house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame structure, with a side gable roof, central brick chimney, and clapboard siding. The front facade is five bays wide, with slightly ...
Robert Trelawney (25 March 1598 – 1643) was an English merchant and colonist who settled lands in what became Maine, United States. He was also a politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1642. The son of Robert Trelawney, thrice mayor of Plymouth, Trelawney was a merchant and colonist at the settlement.