Down East

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

Galleries

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2008 Maine Island Scholarship Recipients

Amelia Campbell of North Haven received the Academic and Community Leadership Scholarship

Lobstermen off Great Cranberry Island, Maine

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

Jun 01, 2009 \|	Island Institute Announces Maine Island Scholarship Awards
May 01, 2009 \|	Four-Season Island Agriculture Fund Now Accepting Applications
Apr 24, 2009 \|	Island libraries urge support for Library Services and Technology Act