The Cranberry Explorer shuttle is scheduled to run until September 15 between 10am and 4pm as volunteers are available. Given the increased visitation this summer, the shuttle helps relieve congestion on Cranberry Road and allows visitors to see more of the island during their stay. If you are interested in…
Dear Friends: The Cranberry Island Historical Society is a non-profit community organization. As an organization, we are committed to political non-partisanship. We endeavor to foster an environment of inclusion and community building. To that end we have been open to different ideas and perspectives. Through the Cranberry House, the Great…
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The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles …and Other Colorful Characters By Ralph Warren Stanley, Edited by Charlotte R. Morrill, Southwest Harbor Public Library 2017. (See also, https://swhplibrary.net/digitalarchive/items/show/8765)
This transcription of Samuel Hadlock, Jr.’s journal of his travels through Europe in 1824 is provided Courtesy of the National Park Service, Acadia National Park, Sawtelle Collection. WOS_HadlockJournalTrans_Box35F9 (Note: The Sawtelle Collection also includes a second journal of Hadlock’s travels in the British Isles in 1824 which has not yet been transcribed…
Poems spanning decades
Charting Their Course – Clues from the Collection From 1874 to 1884 Great Cranberry islanders Meltiah and Carrie Richardson crisscrossed the Atlantic in their three-mast schooner. Their nautical charts and journal tell their story.
While researching Civil War General Andrew Barclay Spurling, who was born on GCI, I came across another Civil War veteran, Samuel B. F. Johnson, listed as Negro, who was also born in the Town of Cranberry Isles. His story might provide an interesting contrast to General Spurling. Johnson’s history has…
