The people who made
Long Island, Maine.


Wabanaki families, farmers, fishermen, lobstermen, summer rusticators, and island businesses shaped this community through everyday work, a wartime Navy fuel depot, and the 1993 vote that made Long Island Maine’s first new town since 1925.

Come explore the history they left us.

Artistic interpretation of a 1957 clip of Elliott “Pood” Ricker lobstering. Original from the Ricker Family Collection via Sharon Marr. The image has been colorized, and the canvas expanded with an altered horizon and sky. [View original photograph]

Doughty’s Landing showing passengers heading toward land and structures along the shoreline. 1930–1943. Long Island Landings & Wharves Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.53.3.

Doughty’s Landing showing passengers heading toward land and structures along the shoreline. 1930–1943. Long Island Landings & Wharves Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.53.3.

Houses on Garfield Street prior to World War II, left to right: Long Island Community Club, Joseph and Edith Woodbury house, Clint and Gladys Johnson house. 1920–1942. World War II Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.14.36.

Houses on Garfield Street prior to World War II, left to right: Long Island Community Club, Joseph and Edith Woodbury house, Clint and Gladys Johnson house. 1920–1942. World War II Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.14.36.

Maude M. Morey at anchor off the Cram property (LI Plot #908) during World War II, with tracks used to load ballast after it drifted as a fixed obstruction. 1941–1943. World War II Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.60.3.

Maude M. Morey at anchor off the Cram property (LI Plot #908) during World War II, with tracks used to load ballast after it drifted as a fixed obstruction. 1941–1943. World War II Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.60.3.

“Bert” I. Albert Johnson and Captain Frank Johnson with a swordfish, left to right. 1930–1950. Rich Family Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 2009.37.10.

“Bert” I. Albert Johnson and Captain Frank Johnson with a swordfish, left to right. 1930–1950. Rich Family Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 2009.37.10.

Capt. Antonio Gomez with a sea turtle on Ponce Landing, Long Island, Maine. Date unknown. Gomez Family Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.14.27.

Capt. Antonio Gomez with a sea turtle on Ponce Landing, Long Island, Maine. Date unknown. Gomez Family Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1996.14.27.

Ferry “Aucocisco II” with Little Chebeague Landing and World War II buildings on shore in the background. 1952. Photograph by Roy Ferguson Jr. Ferry “Aucocisco II” Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1998.74.5.

Ferry “Aucocisco II” with Little Chebeague Landing and World War II buildings on shore in the background. 1952. Photograph by Roy Ferguson Jr. Ferry “Aucocisco II” Collection, Long Island Historical Society, 1998.74.5.