Frenchboro Island

On Monday, July 18th, we arrived in one of our favorite places on the trip, Frenchboro Island. Frenchboro is an extremely remote island with a year-round population of 45. Modern electricity did not arrive on the island until the late 1950s, and telephone service began in 1982. Lunt’s Dockside Deli is the main business in the area, which used to pack mason jars of lobster for Bloomingdales. The Lunt family resides on the largest portion of the island complete with 19 families.

You have to love this sign :)

Here is a picture of Jared and Morgan on the Lunt's Dockside Deli:

The Frenchboro School is a K-8 school for the 8 students on the island. The two teachers are a husband and wife team who cater to all the grade levels. After 8^th grade, the students attend Mount Desert High School on Mount Desert Island.

Across the street is the Frenchboro Historical Museum, which sits on a small hill at the head of the harbor. Local islanders open it in the afternoons to visitors to show the displays of island memorabilia and crafts for sale. Here is one of the museum displays. Look at the size of the lobster!

Here is Jared walking up to the museum. Notice the old man sleeping on the porch. When we went inside, the lady was fast asleep as well. I guess they don't get many visitors!

Morgan LOVES mud!

We took Morgan through the nature trails to the rock beach on the other side of the island. The views were amazing!

The water levels change about 10-12 feet when the tide changes. Here is a picture of the harbor at low tide:

Here is a picture of me at the rock beach:

The local fishermen allow people to buy lobsters off their boats, and Mr. Lunt steams them on the dock at 6:30pm. We met a great group of people from New Hampshire; we shared many stories and ate lobsters together.