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[[File:Sunset_Point,_Yarmouth,_Maine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sturdivant Island center, as seen from House Island]] |
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'''Sturdivant Island''' is a small [[private island]] in [[Casco Bay]] which is part of in [[Cumberland, Maine]], United States. The island is accessible only by boat. Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.<ref>William Hubbell, ''Safe Harbor'' (2003) p. 23</ref> The island was owned by Captain [[Ephraim Sturdivant]], a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported [[Merino]] sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."<ref>https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cumberlandhs_newsletters Cumberland Historical Society (accessed 8/16/24)</ref> By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp.<ref>"Revenue-Cutter Service," Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times October 5, 1912 p. 387</ref> |
'''Sturdivant Island''' is a small [[private island]] in [[Casco Bay]] which is part of in [[Cumberland, Maine]], United States. The island is accessible only by boat. Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.<ref>William Hubbell, ''Safe Harbor'' (2003) p. 23</ref> The island was owned by Captain [[Ephraim Sturdivant]], a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported [[Merino]] sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."<ref>https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cumberlandhs_newsletters Cumberland Historical Society (accessed 8/16/24)</ref> By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp.<ref>"Revenue-Cutter Service," Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times October 5, 1912 p. 387</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:16, 17 August 2024
Sturdivant Island is a small private island in Casco Bay which is part of in Cumberland, Maine, United States. The island is accessible only by boat. Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.[1] The island was owned by Captain Ephraim Sturdivant, a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported Merino sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."[2] By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp.[3] In 1883 Arthur Hannaford resided on "Sturdivant Island where he began selling produce in Portland, the beginnings of today’s Hannaford Brothers grocery chain."[4]
References
- ^ William Hubbell, Safe Harbor (2003) p. 23
- ^ https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cumberlandhs_newsletters Cumberland Historical Society (accessed 8/16/24)
- ^ "Revenue-Cutter Service," Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times October 5, 1912 p. 387
- ^ Sunset Landing Project Archaeological Survey Report p. 21 https://www.townofchebeagueisland.org/vertical/sites/%7B984705D3-C709-4324-9040-19247D095968%7D/uploads/SuLa_Report_20160624_rev3_revised_artifact_inventory.pdf (accessed 8/16/24)