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{{Short description|Hamlet in Cranberry Isles, Maine, US}}
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'''Islesford''' is a small [[hamlet]] located on [[Little Cranberry Island]] in [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]], [[Maine]], [[United States]]. It is one of the five islands of the town of [[Cranberry Isles, Maine]]. It lies in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] southeast of [[Mount Desert Island]], which is home to [[Acadia National Park]].
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[[File:Sun + Fog + Church in Islesford, Maine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A church in Islesford]]
[[File:Islesford Market - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Islesford Market]]
[[File:Islesford Historical Museum - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Islesford Historical Museum]]
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'''Islesford''' is a [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] located on [[Little Cranberry Island]] in [[Hancock County, Maine|Hancock County]], [[Maine]], United States. It is one of the five islands of the town of [[Cranberry Isles, Maine|Cranberry Isles]]. It lies in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] southeast of [[Mount Desert Island]], which is the site of [[Acadia National Park]]. As of 2013, the year-round population was approximately sixty-five.


==Access==
Travelers can reach the island village via the Beal and Bunker mail boat & ferry service that runs from the village of [[Northeast Harbor, Maine|Northeast Harbor]] in the town of [[Mount Desert, Maine]]; the Cranberry Cove Boating ferry service from Southwest Harbor and Manset; and during the summer on "Delight," a water-taxi vessel that leaves from various harbors.
Travelers can reach the island village via the Beal and Bunker [[mail boat]] and ferry service that runs from the village of [[Northeast Harbor, Maine|Northeast Harbor]] in the town of [[Mount Desert, Maine|Mount Desert]]; the Cranberry Cove Boating ferry service from Southwest Harbor and Manset; and during the summer on various water taxis including 'Cadillac Water Taxi", and "Delight," both leaving from various harbors.<ref name=GettingTo/>


==Culture==
The island also hosts several seasonal cultural venues including the Islesford Artists Fine Art Gallery, the Islesford Dock Restaurant and the Islesford Historical Museum, which is part of Acadia National Park. In 1980, the museum was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Little Cranberry Island hosts several seasonal cultural venues including the Islesford Dock Gallery and Restaurant, Islesford Pottery, Islesford Artists Fine Art Gallery, The Islesford Congregational Church, (housing the famed Sea Glass Windows by [[Ashley Bryan]]), and the Islesford Historical Museum, which is part of Acadia National Park. In 1980, the museum was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/me/hancock/state2.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - MAINE (ME), Hancock County|website=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>


==Education==
Islesford is home to the town's two-room public school, the Ashley Bryan School. The school was named in 2011 and is the first Maine public school to be named for a visual artist or for an African-American.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} As of 2017, the school had 14 students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade, with two full-time teachers. The Ashley Bryan School is one of six one and two-room island schools that make up the inter-island Outer Island Teaching and Learning Collaborative. This collaboration allows for remote live teaching and learning among schools and students on [[Matinicus Island]], [[Monhegan Island]], [[Isle au Haut]], [[Cliff Island]], [[Frenchboro]], and The Ashley Bryan School in the Cranberry Islands.<ref name=OuterIslands/><ref name=OuterIslands2/>


==Notable people==
Following his retirement from his professorship of art at [[Dartmouth College]], illustrator and artist [[Ashley Bryan]] retired to Islesford.<ref name=SimonSchuster/> The Ashley Bryan Center is located there.
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Folklorist [[Mary Winslow Smyth]] summered in Islesford, and used the town as her base for the fieldwork, which produced ''Minstrelsy of Maine: Folk-songs and Ballads of the Woods and the Coast'' and ''British Ballads from Maine''.<ref name=FolkloreHistorian/>
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== External links ==

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* http://www.islesford.com/
==References==
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* [http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/16acadia/16acadia.htm ''Life on an Island: Early Settlers Off the Rock-Bound Coast of Maine,'' a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]
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<ref name=GettingTo>{{cite web |url=http://www.islesford.com/node/3 |title=Getting to Islesford |publisher=Town of Islesford |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=OuterIslands>{{cite web |url=http://outerislandstlc.org/ashley-bryan-school/ |title=The ASHLEY BRYAN SCHOOL! |work=The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Cooperative website |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=OuterIslands2>{{cite web |url=http://outerislandstlc.org/ |title=Welcome to The Outer Islands TLC! |work=The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Cooperative website |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=FolkloreHistorian>{{cite journal |last=MacDougall |first=Pauleena |editor-first=Nancy C. |editor-last=McEntire |date=2001 |title="Understanding the Hearts of the People": Fanny Hardy Eckstorm and Phillips Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARDXAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA18 |journal=The Folklore Historian (Journal of the Folklore and History Section, American Folklore Society) |publisher=Indiana State University |volume=18 |pages=17–28 |issn=1041-8644|access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=SimonSchuster>{{cite web |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ashley-Bryan/706174 |title=Ashley Bryan |publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name=PressHerald>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/06/author-and-illustrator-ashley-bryan-comes-of-age/ |title=Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes of age |author=Bob Keyes |date=August 6, 2014 |work=Portland Press-Herald |access-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.islesford.com/ Islesford town website]
* [http://cranberryisles.com/little/index.html Little Cranberry Island website]
* [https://ashleybryancenter.org/ Ashley Bryan Center website]
* [http://ashleybryanschool.com/ Ashley Bryan School website]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080423075605/http://www.nps.gov/history/nR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/16acadia/16acadia.htm ''Life on an Island: Early Settlers Off the Rock-Bound Coast of Maine'', a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan]


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Every full moon, a small llama is sacrificed for the pleasure of old men.
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Revision as of 05:27, 26 July 2023

A church in Islesford
Islesford Market
Islesford Historical Museum

Islesford is a hamlet located on Little Cranberry Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is one of the five islands of the town of Cranberry Isles. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Mount Desert Island, which is the site of Acadia National Park. As of 2013, the year-round population was approximately sixty-five.

Access

Travelers can reach the island village via the Beal and Bunker mail boat and ferry service that runs from the village of Northeast Harbor in the town of Mount Desert; the Cranberry Cove Boating ferry service from Southwest Harbor and Manset; and during the summer on various water taxis including 'Cadillac Water Taxi", and "Delight," both leaving from various harbors.[1]

Culture

Little Cranberry Island hosts several seasonal cultural venues including the Islesford Dock Gallery and Restaurant, Islesford Pottery, Islesford Artists Fine Art Gallery, The Islesford Congregational Church, (housing the famed Sea Glass Windows by Ashley Bryan), and the Islesford Historical Museum, which is part of Acadia National Park. In 1980, the museum was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Education

Islesford is home to the town's two-room public school, the Ashley Bryan School. The school was named in 2011 and is the first Maine public school to be named for a visual artist or for an African-American.[citation needed] As of 2017, the school had 14 students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade, with two full-time teachers. The Ashley Bryan School is one of six one and two-room island schools that make up the inter-island Outer Island Teaching and Learning Collaborative. This collaboration allows for remote live teaching and learning among schools and students on Matinicus Island, Monhegan Island, Isle au Haut, Cliff Island, Frenchboro, and The Ashley Bryan School in the Cranberry Islands.[3][4]

Notable people

Following his retirement from his professorship of art at Dartmouth College, illustrator and artist Ashley Bryan retired to Islesford.[5] The Ashley Bryan Center is located there. [6]

Folklorist Mary Winslow Smyth summered in Islesford, and used the town as her base for the fieldwork, which produced Minstrelsy of Maine: Folk-songs and Ballads of the Woods and the Coast and British Ballads from Maine.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Getting to Islesford". Town of Islesford. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - MAINE (ME), Hancock County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "The ASHLEY BRYAN SCHOOL!". The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Cooperative website. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Welcome to The Outer Islands TLC!". The Outer Islands Teaching and Learning Cooperative website. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. ^ "Ashley Bryan". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Bob Keyes (August 6, 2014). "Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes of age". Portland Press-Herald. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  7. ^ MacDougall, Pauleena (2001). McEntire, Nancy C. (ed.). ""Understanding the Hearts of the People": Fanny Hardy Eckstorm and Phillips Barry". The Folklore Historian (Journal of the Folklore and History Section, American Folklore Society). 18. Indiana State University: 17–28. ISSN 1041-8644. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

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