Article: Paddle to Whaleboat Island ; The largest undeveloped island in Casco Bay lies just a short distance from shore, but is underutilized by many Maine residents.

Article: Trust hopes for more use of island ; The promotion also is part ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  November 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... organization based in Topsham, says Whaleboat Island in Harpswell doesn't get the recognition ... million to preserve natural gems such as Whaleboat Island. Maine Coast Heritage Trust is part ... try to promote more public use of Whaleboat Island while using it as an example of how ...

Article: STATE TO BUY BATH, SCARBOROUGH LAND < A HARPSWELL ISLAND AND A ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  March 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... headland in North Bath that overlooks Merrymeeting Bay; Whaleboat Island, a 125-acre island in Casco Bay off Harpswell; the ... area represents more than 1,000 acres of open space. Whaleboat Island is owned by state Rep. David Etnier of Harpswell and his ...

Article: LAND BOARD FACES DIFFICULT CHOICES ON ACQUISITIONS< MORE THAN 30 ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Scarborough, and a mountain in Limington. Thorne Head, Whaleboat Island in Harpswell, Scarborough Beach, Fuller Farm, and Sawyer ... hikers, bird watchers and cross-country skiiers. l Whaleboat Island in Harpswell is the largest undeveloped island in Casco ...

Article: ISLANDER FINDS A FEW STILL WILLING TO HELP
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  July 6, 1998 ;     682 words ... ... called Hamilton and said he'd seen a gray boat beached on Whaleboat Island. Hamilton asked his friend Stephen Johnson and several ... generation or two younger put aside their jobs, went to Whaleboat Island, picked the boat up off the beach and carried it back ...

Article: WHALEBOAT JOINING LIST OF PROTECTED ISLANDS
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  April 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Section: FRONT Page: 1A By JOHN RICHARDSON Staff Writer Whaleboat Island, the largest undeveloped island in Casco Bay, is about ... efforts for Cow Island, Flag Island, Malaga Island and Whaleboat Island. Hamilton said the fast pace of preservation reveals deep ...

Article: Blockhouse pieced together after flood ; Fort Halifax still ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  August 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... away in the 1987 flood, logs were found as far away as Dresden. A bronze plaque was recovered a few months later from Whaleboat Island in Casco Bay. The blockhouse was reassembled the following year at a cost of about $90,000, but not without concern ...

Article: Campaign for the Coast effort receives grant
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  May 17, 2002 ;     268 words ... ... received a $50,000 gift to its Campaign for the Coast from Oakhurst Dairy. The trust recently purchased 125-acre Whaleboat Island, the largest undeveloped, unprotected island in Casco Bay. It was the fourth Casco Bay island purchased by MCHT as part ...