Down East

Frenchboro (Long Island)

The town of Frenchboro is located on Long Island, at the entrance of Blue Hill Bay, eight miles southeast of the town of Bass Harbor on Mount Desert Island. The island is two miles long by a mile and a half wide at its widest point, and consists of a total of 2,500 acres, roughly 1,000 acres of which are owned by Maine Coast Heritage Trust.

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The main mode of transportation from Bass Harbor to Frenchboro is via the Maine State Ferry Service, a car-ferry large enough to accommodate trucks carrying fuel, supplies and machinery that makes single runs three times a week, and a passenger-only vessel that makes two runs once a week between April and November. Travel time by ferry is approximately 45 minutes. Read more about Frenchboro.

News

Jun 01, 2009 \|	Island Institute Announces Maine Island Scholarship Awards
May 27, 2009 \|	Advisory board agrees to island-proposed ferry rate increase
May 12, 2009 \|	Tentative 2009-10 Island Fellow Placements Available