City/Town

Monhegan Island (1896)

Map Title

Monhegan, Me.

Artist

Albert F. Poole

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Publication Date

1896

County

Lincoln

Artist

Albert F. Poole

Dimensions

40 x 56 cm

Owner

Library of Congress

Population of City/Town at Time of Publication

90

Description of City/Town

Monhegan Plantation is an island situated just outside of Muscongus Bay, in Lincoln County. It lies 12 miles south-east from Pemaquid Point light, 23 miles from Matinicus rock, and 20 miles from Seguin light. Its own lighthouse has a flashing, white light, sweeping the entire horizon. The tower is of granite of the natural color. The island comprises a thousand acres of good, though rocky land. Potatoes are the chief crop, and fishing the principal occupation of the Islanders. Monhegan has a bold shore on all sides, a large projection of rocks at its northeastern part, and has one good harbor….During the season of 1880, a church was finished and dedicated by the Methodists. Monhegan has one good public schoolhouse.

A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, George J. Varney, 1881, 1886

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