Island Journal (1984-present) The Maine Island Institute's annual publication of island life has been its keynote publication since 1984, when the first issue arrived in members' mailboxes and was available for purchase. Since then, it has become perhaps the most valued benefit of Island Institute membership, with its stories, poetry, photographs and articles about the myriad facets of "islandness" found here inot only here in Maine but also on islands around the world.

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Submissions from 1988

People drawn to Maine's islands will usually experience a sort of mystical sense, George Putz

Photo-essay on old time sailing vessels and fisherman Quincy Marion Sterling of

The growth of sea kayaking is causing Maine island owners to worry that intrusiv, Margaret Emerson

The Harris family of Harris Point has been processing herring in Eastport for ge, Philip W. Conkling

Until the mid-1960s, Harry Goodridge of Rockport hunted great white sharks in Pe, Jane Day

When Rockwell Kent arrived in 1905, Monhegan Island was still an Atlantic fronti, Phyllis Austin

Submissions from 1987

Although Cranberry Island residents support the Northeast Harbor economy by usin, CarolSue Jones

Although isolation has emptied many of the once-prosperous neighboring islands i, Todd Cheney

Although more Portland professionals are discovering the charms of Peaks Island,, Jane Day

As part of its 52-acre subdivision plan, Northland deeded 6.5 acres of sand beac

Book review of "Amaretto," by Joe Upton.

Book review of "Relations: Selected Poems 1950-1985," by Philip Booth.

Essay on "Pure-Gene" native islanders, who survived Indian massacres and interma, Mike Brown

For islands without telephone service, CB radio and illegally patched VHF ship-t, Richard Podolsky

Frenchboro, down to 51 residents, has applied for and received a $336,000 grant

In 1933, an arson set in an abandoned Ellsworth building destroyed 200 homes, 50, Eugene L. Swan

In 1984, Swan's Island established Maine's first official lobster trap limit, an, Cynthia Bourgeault

In its first year, Debbie Anderson and Chellie Pingree's North Island Yarn busin, Nancy Foster-Wolf

Interview with painter and house designer Emily Muir, 83, of Deer Isle. She has

Lengthy,detailed history of Maine lighthouse architecture. Topics include taper, Christopher Glass

Many of Maine's 400 apple types are close to extinction. Most old apple varieti, George Putz

Marion Arey shares anecdotes about her childhood on Mink Island., Marion Arey

Portland Harbor fortifications date to the founding of Fort Preble in 1807 on Sp, JoelW Eastman

Profile of Henry Bryant Bigelow (1879-1967), who in 1912 began a 12-year interdi, Jennifer Wilder Logan

Profile of the Monhegan pilot station, and of pilots Gil Hall and Sherm and Sher, Jeanne Rollins

Review of the Swan's Island Bicentennial exhibit and of the process of collectin, Maili Bailey

Several new developments might make possible a Maine Island Trail from Portland, David R. Getchell

Since 1899, Maine schooners have been chartered for pleasure cruises. Passenger, John Foss

Six species of auks, or alcids, can be seen in Maine waters. The Razorbill is t, Richard Podolsky

Text of the poem "Stonington," by Philip Booth., Philip Booth

Text of the poem, "The Crotch Island Quarry, Maine," by John C. Witte., John C. Witte

The Island Institute was very busy in 1986, breaking in its new boat, the Fish H, Philip W. Conkling

Undersea mussel farming off Vinalhaven produces a large volume of a high-quality, Joe Upton

Submissions from 1986

Around the turn of the century, Deer Isle seamen manned many of the top America', Clayton Gross

A single school of Atlantic menhaden, or pogies, can filter a million gallons of, Ed Myers

Bibliography and brief literary biography of author Ruth Moore, born 1903. Her f, Gary Lawless

Book review of "Lobstering and the Maine Coast," by Kenneth Martin and Nathan Li, Philip W. Conkling

Book review of "The Country of the Pointed Firs," by Sarah Orne Jewett., Julie G. Levett

Book review of "The Great Lobster Chase," by Mike Brown., George Putz

Book review of "The Tide Trilogy," three novels by Elisabeth Ogilvie., Philip W. Conkling

By the 1930s, automobiles and improved marine engines made it far more profitabl, RogerF Duncan

Essay on observing ecology by walking along Maine islands. Topics include salt, George Putz

Essay on the raising of the author's pet pig, Sheila, on Monhegan Island. Though, Jeanne G. Rollins

Interview with Beulah Quinn, whose father kept lighthouses, starting in 1907, on

In the 1930s and 1940s, the arrival of sardine carriers was the annual highlight, Mike Brown

Larch Hanson farms seaweed beds off the Sally Islands, near Milbridge, drying th, Larch Hanson

Leach's storm-petrels nest on 17 outermost Maine islands, generally migrating to, Richard Podolsky

On November 22, Coast Guard crews automated Seguin Light, the highest and second, Jennifer Wilder Logan

Portland's Casco Bay island communities are facing a solid waste crisis, precipi, Elaine Tietjen

Profile and photo-essay of Roque Island, a collection of eleven islands owned by, David R. Getchell