View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
Description: View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
"Lunt’s Harbor, Frenchboro, Long Island, c1900, looking north. Harbor Island, one of many Harbor Islands on the Maine coast, lies at the mouth of the harbor. Crow Island is beyond it on the right and to the left is the easternmost Sister Island. Long Island was settled in the 1820's. The name “Frenchboro” was given in honor of Bass Harbor lawyer, E. Webster French, who assisted the inhabitants in obtaining a post office."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007.
Description: "Lunt’s Harbor, Frenchboro, Long Island, c1900, looking north. Harbor Island, one of many Harbor Islands on the Maine coast, lies at the mouth of the harbor. Crow Island is beyond it on the right and to the left is the easternmost Sister Island. Long Island was settled in the 1820's. The name “Frenchboro” was given in honor of Bass Harbor lawyer, E. Webster French, who assisted the inhabitants in obtaining a post office."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007. [show more]
Description: The coal wharf at Clark Point is visible in the background. Perry L. Lawson's dragger, "U and I" is just behind Black Ledge in the foreground.