Little Island

Little Island is an islet in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Little Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Yellow Head, as well as near the village Chamberlain.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Lincoln County, Maine, United States of America
Also known as: “Chickering Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort William Henry.

Fort William Henry

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid. Fort William Henry is situated 2 miles west of Little Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Harbor and Yellow Head.

New Harbor

Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.

New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.

Yellow Head

Neighborhood

Yellow Head is a marine navigational coastal location, often sited in maps, within Lincoln County, in the U.S. State of Maine. It is located on Pemaquid peninsula, 1.1 m south of New Harbor, Maine and north of Pemaquid Lighthouse.

Chamberlain

Village

Chamberlain is an unincorporated village in the town of Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The community is located along Maine State Route 32, 12.1 miles southeast of Wiscasset.

Little Island

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.8704° or 43° 52′ 13″ north

Longitude

-69.48358° or 69° 29′ 1″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87MGVGC8+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 829793339

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4969884

Wikidata ID

Q49653195

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Satellite Map

Discover Little Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Little Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Little Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Lincoln County)”
Cebuano: “Little Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pemaquid Beach and Pemaquid Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Harbor Dry Ledge and Samoset Memorial Park.

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