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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… boats, soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone. Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"It was located on the shore of Burnt Coat Harbor in Minturn. Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Colonel James Swan purchased “Burnt Coat Island” in 1786, three years after the district of Maine became a part of Massachusetts."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Part of the Sweet Chariot tradition is to go out into the harbor once the windjammers have arrived, and serenade the passengers before coming ashore…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… side.” Burying Point, located near the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station, is another relic of native land occupation."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… for a light house in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation. Communication also improved with the advent of the…"

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