Bear Island is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) island in Maine, United States. It is one of the five islands of the Town of Cranberry Isles. The island is located just off Northeast Harbor and south of Mount Desert Island.
Bear Island Light, on the western end of the island, was built in 1889 and staffed until 1981. The rest of the island was bought by Harvard professor Charles F. Dunbar in 1886.
References
- "Bear Island Lighthouse". LighthouseFriends. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- Dwelley, Hugh L. (1999). "Islesford Historical Society 1999". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- Hartford, Greg A. "Bear Island Lighthouse in Acadia National Park". Acadia Magic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- "The Islands of Cranberry Isles | Islesford Historical Museum". Islesford Historical Museum. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- Collier, Irwin (18 December 2024). "Harvard. Biographical memoir of Charles F. Dunbar, 1900". Economics in the Rear-View Mirror. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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