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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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Some of our talented people working in this area.

Jessica Bellah
Jessica Bellah
Frenchboro Town Planning Fellow
 

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Frenchboro, Maine

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.

Publications & Resources

 
small document icon Island Institute 2008 Annual Report
small document icon 2009 Island Journal Volume 25
small document icon Island Indicators 2008
 Most Recent Maine Commercial Landings (2007)
 Maine Housing Coalition Reports
 Frenchboro Web Site
 Frenchboro Library
 Island Legislators
 Frenchboro made products - Archipelago Products
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #1 (PDF, 173 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #1 (PDF, 161 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #2 (PDF, 176 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #2 (PDF, 102 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #3 (PDF, 183 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #3 (PDF, 113 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #4 (PDF, 183 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #4 (PDF, 182 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #5 (PDF, 141 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #5 (PDF, 382 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Parent Newsletter #6 (PDF, 171 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #7 (PDF, 133 KB)
PDF An Analysis of the Recent Economic History of Maine’s Island Communities - 2009 (PDF, 3 MB)
PDF 2009 Island Fellows Report (PDF, 1 MB)
PDF 2010 Island Institute Scholarship Fund Application (PDF, 105 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #6 (PDF, 155 KB)
PDF Community Sustainability in the Islands of Maine (PDF, 85 KB)
PDF Island Scholars Student Newsletter #8 (PDF, 184 KB)
PDF Island School Newsletter #2 (PDF, 590 KB)
PDF Island School Newsletter #1 (PDF, 301 KB)
PDF 40-Year History of Island Economic Development (PDF, 2 MB)
PDF Island Scholars Network Scholarship Brochure 2009 (PDF, 144 KB)
Google Earth File Island Tour (Google Earth is required to view this file) (KMZ, 3 MB)
 

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