Islesford Historical Museum and Blue Duck Ships Store

The Islesford Historical Museum features a brick structure with Georgian Colonial Revival architecture, including a formal entrance with semicircular dormer-fanlight and two interior chimneys.

William Otis Sawtelle, a physics professor from Haverford College, established the historical society and transformed the former ship chandlery into a museum collection after 1919.

The museum collection includes ships manifests, historical artifacts, and genealogical information that document the maritime heritage of Little Cranberry Island and its residents.

Visitors can reach the museum via mail boats or tour boats from Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor, with daily opening hours from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM between June and September.

The Blue Duck Ships Store, constructed around 1850, stands at the water's edge on a rubble stone foundation and now serves as space for traditional wooden boatbuilding education.

Location: Islesford

Architectural style: Colonial Revival architecture

GPS coordinates: 44.26167,-68.24028

Latest update: March 2, 2025 19:50