Sturdivant Island

[1] The island is accessible only by boat and is "51 feet high and covered with grass and bushes."

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.