Farm Island (Piscataquis County, Maine)
| Farm Island | ||
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| Waters | Moosehead Lake | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 44 ′ N , 69 ° 47 ′ W | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Farm Island is an island in Moosehead Lake in Maine , the northeasternmost state in the United States . With 980 acres , it is the third largest island in the lake after the two islands in the southern part of the lake, Sugar and Deer Island .
history
In 1912 archaeologists discovered artifacts in around 50 places around the lake and on the islands in 21 places . Arrowheads were also found on Farm Island and the other larger islands in the early 1920s .
In 1827 the island belonged to an AA Crafts. In 1903 the Kingsbury plantation was located there .
Today there is a place with a fireplace on the uninhabited island ( Farm Island Campsite ), for which a permit must be obtained.
Remarks
- ^ Warren King Moorehead: A Report on the Archeology of Maine , AMS Press, 1922, p. 215.
- ^ Warren King Moorehead: A Report on the Archeology of Maine , AMS Press, 1922, p. 15.
- ↑ Based on the 1918 report of the Maine Bureau of Taxation, p. 211.
- ↑ Report of the Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives from 1903, p. 42.