Sturdivant Island
Private island in Maine, United States
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Sturdivant Island is a small private island in Casco Bay which is part of in Cumberland, Maine, United States.[1] The island is accessible only by boat and is "51 feet high and covered with grass and bushes." Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.[2] The island was owned by Captain Ephraim Sturdivant, a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported Merino sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."[3] In 1883 Arthur Hannaford resided on "Sturdivant Island where he began selling produce in Portland, the beginnings of today’s Hannaford Brothers grocery chain."[4] By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp.[5]
