Great Diamond

 

After 30 years of being idle, the former base site – which encompasses the middle of the island - was converted into a gated resort community called Diamond Cove.  Condos in the converted barracks and officers’ quarters and private homesites are primarily owned by seasonal visitors.  The majority of the year-round population lives on either ends of the island.

The island is the only island on the Casco Bay Lines route with two separate stops; one at the public dock and the other at Diamond Cove’s dock.  In 1986, The Island Institute successfully advocated on behalf of Great Diamond residents for reducing the scale of the proposal that eventually became Diamond Cove.