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Little Cranberry Island and Islesford Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Places, Island	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford		Little Cranberry Island and Islesford Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7343 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Island Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: One of the five Cranberry Islands located in the Town of Cranberry Isles on the southeastern side of Mount Desert Island. It is a year-round community.
Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13271 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations Structures, Other Structures	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Cranberry Isles Life Saving Station Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13228 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Structures, Other Structures Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford Description: "The first Coast Guard presence in the Mt. Desert Island area was a Life Saving Station located on Little Cranberry Island, established by an act of congress on June 18th, 1878. In 1937, the Southwest Harbor complex was created and used as a lighthouse depot by the U.S. Light House Service. By 1945, the Coast Guard Station on Little Cranberry Island was moved to the facility in Southwest Harbor.” - “Sector Field Office (SFO) Southwest Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine – History,” United States Coast Guard site, 06/28/13, Accessed online 07/20/10; http://www.uscg.mil/d1/sfoSouthwestHarbor/history.asp. [show more]
Edgar Martin Morsman Jr. Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Edgar Martin Morsman Jr. Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13241 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford

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