Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
Description: A nautical chart showing Mount Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, and surrounding islands, with depths, topography, triangulation, and hydrography.
Description: A loose-bound volume of documents copied from the records of the U.S. Light House Service in the national Archives in Washington, D.C. The documents record the acquisition of Bakers's Island by the USG to build a light house. They also record the failed efforts of the USG to have the Gilley family removed from the island for trespass.
Description: Acquisition 0009. Photograph accompanyed by sketch of buildings. Back of photograph says "app 1858-1902, EPS Stanley, about 1860, ACQ #009, 8/31/91, Donor: John Moran"
Description: Back of postcard says "THE WATER-FRONT, Islesford, Maine, on Little Cranberry Island - Included in its many attractions is a Historic Museum, founded in 1919 by Professor William O. Sawtell.Passage to the Island may be obtained, during the summer, from Seal Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors on the Islesford Ferry." Aeriel photo by A.D. Phillips
Description: Back of postcard says "THE MAYPOLE, Islesford, Maine, on Little Cranberry Island - This Island Paradise, with its splendid panoramic view of the Mount Desert Hills, may be reached by the Islesford Ferry from Seal Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors." Aeriel photo by A.D. Phillips