Sturdivant Island
Sturdivant Island is a small private island in Casco Bay which is part of in Cumberland, Maine, United States.[1] The island is accessible only by boat and is "51 feet high and covered with grass and bushes." Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.[2] The island was owned by Captain Ephraim Sturdivant, a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported Merino sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."[3] In 1883 Arthur Hannaford resided on "Sturdivant Island where he began selling produce in Portland, the beginnings of today’s Hannaford Brothers grocery chain."[4] By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sturdivant Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ William Hubbell, Safe Harbor (2003) p. 23
- ^ https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cumberlandhs_newsletters Cumberland Historical Society (accessed 8/16/24)
- ^ Sunset Landing Project Archaeological Survey Report p. 21 https://www.townofchebeagueisland.org/vertical/sites/%7B984705D3-C709-4324-9040-19247D095968%7D/uploads/SuLa_Report_20160624_rev3_revised_artifact_inventory.pdf (accessed 8/16/24)
- ^ "Revenue-Cutter Service," Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times October 5, 1912 p. 387