Title
Widow's Island: A Curious Tale of Quarantine and Convalescence; Yellow Fever, Mental Illness, and War Wounds Treated on Island Off North Haven
Date
2016
Volume Number
32
Pages
82-84
Abstract
The history of Widow's Island, located 15 miles off the eastern shore of North Haven, is featured. It has also been known as Sheep Island and Chase's Island, and has served as a quarantine station for soldiers returning from Panama in the late 1890's, a summer retreat for the "convalescent insane," a school for the children of lighthouse keepers, a bird sanctuary, and a location for a vacation home. Some of the practices in place while serving the patients of the Maine State Mental Hospital were questionable. [images]
Subjects
Islands, North Haven (Me.), Psychiatric hospitals
Recommended Citation
Little, Carl and Trevaskis,, William photographer, "Widow's Island: A Curious Tale of Quarantine and Convalescence; Yellow Fever, Mental Illness, and War Wounds Treated on Island Off North Haven" (2016). Maine News Index - Island Journal. 546.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_island/546
Source
Island Journal