Cranberry Island Station Site
Cranberry Isles, ME
Also known as Little Cranberry Island (1878-1882); Cranberry Isles (1883-1902); Cranberry Islands (1902-1916); Cranberry Island (1917-1946)
The Cranberry Island Station Site site was established in 1879
Station closed in 1946 and turned over to GSA in 1951. Replaced by Southwest Harbor Station? 1879 station house survives at this site and is privately owned.
Station Site Notes:
1873 boat house will be placed on Cranberry Island; 1878 work to start spring 1879; 1879 occupied by crew (USLSS Annual Reports). First keeper appointed 8/27/1879 (USCG Historian's Website); 1889 repairs and improvements (USLSS Annual Reports); 1946 station permanently relocated and consolidated with the Southwest Harbor Depot (USCG Historian's Website).
Buildings at this Station Site
The 1879 station house is surviving at this site