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Great Cranberry
Great Cranberry is the largest island in the Cranberry Isles, with just over 1000 acres, but it has a smaller population than the village of Islesford on Little Cranberry Island. Approximately 40 year-round residents live on Great Cranberry Island, or “Cranberry,” predominantly working in various construction trades or at one of the island’s two boatyards that store, repair and build boats.
Our People
Some of our talented people working in this area.
 | Eliza Greenman Cranberry Isles Sustainable Community Development Fellow |
The summer population swells to approximately 250 residents – many of whom have come for generations – who enjoy the island’s relaxed lifestyle and many beautiful vistas of the mountains of Mount Desert Island. Great Cranberry has a general store, post office (04625), library, school (unoccupied at this time), historical society, the Whale’s Rib Gift Shop, volunteer fire department building, Congregational Church and an extensive set of buildings owned and operated by the Cranberry Island Ladies’ Aid Society.
News |
| Jul 26, 2010 | | Maine Islands Coalition Meeting Agenda - August 13, 2010 |
| Jul 12, 2010 | | Island Institute Celebration of AmeriCorps Service |
| Jul 07, 2010 | | Poet Susan Deborah King reads from new book |
Publications & Resources |
Multimedia |
 | Sustainable Housing: Affordable Housing Models & Lessons from the Field Sustainable Island Living Conference 2009 |
 | Congresswoman Chellie Pingree The Importance of Working Waterfronts |
In Working Waterfront |
Cranberry Isles nonprofit keeps ‘house on the corner’ affordable forever
December 2009-January 2010
December 2009-January 2010