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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
Eliza Greenman
Cranberry Isles Sustainable Community Development Fellow
 

Galleries

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2009 Island Fellows and Apprentice Tristan Jackson2009 Island Fellows and Past FellowsLana Cannon, Mary Terry, Ellen Mahoney, and Eliza Greenman

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.

Publications & Resources

 
small document icon An Analysis of the Recent Economic History of Maine’s Island Communities
small document icon Island Institute 2008 Annual Report
small document icon 2009 Island Journal Volume 25
 Most Recent Maine Commercial Landings (2007)
 Maine Housing Coalition Reports
 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
 Cranberry Isles Web Site
 Island Legislators
 Great Cranberry 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 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 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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