Additional Resources
Background Information
Isle au Haut ("High Island") was named by the French
explorer Samuel Champlain in 1604 because the sides of the island rise up
steeply out of the sea.
English and Scottish settlers came to the island in the late 1700s, and some of their descendants live there still. They farmed a little, and fished a lot. Lobsters were so plentiful they could be picked up out of the shallow waters around the island. Lobster was not thought to be the delicacy we consider it to be today, and laws had to be passed to keep people from inflicting the cruelty of feeding them to prisoners or indentured servants more than three times a week.
The population of Isle au Haut reached a peak in the late 1800s of some 275 year-round residents, but settled back down to its current population of about 50 by the mid-late 1900s.
Background Links:
- Read some more Isle au Haut history.
- Map of Places in the Book
- Read about the Lighthouse at Robinson Point. This web site has some nice pictures of the Lighthouse and the Keeper's House B&B.
- On this site, you can purchase a replica of the Isle au Haut Lighthouse.
- If you'd be interested in learning more about conservation efforts directed at Acadia National Park, see the Friends of Acadia National Park site: www.foacadia.org/
- If you'd like to plan a trip to Acadia National Park, here's a good place to start: GORP on Isle au Haut
- Photographic Essay of Isle au Haut
- General Info on Isle au Haut
- Books about Isle au Haut
Lobster Links:
- Understanding the Lobster Fisher
- Lobster fact
- Lobstering History
- FishResearch.org
- Lobster Conservation
- The Lobster Conservancy
- Ask Lobster Doc
- Guide to Lobstering in Maine
- Maine Lobster Promotion Council (Educators and Kids links)
- The Lobsterman's Page - lots of great pictures of lobstering!
- Lobster Barbie - What
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