Sturdivant Island is a small private island in Casco Bay which is part of in Cumberland, Maine, United States. The island is accessible only by boat and is "51 feet high and covered with grass and bushes." Public access is prohibited. Sturdivant Island includes several summer residences.William Hubbell, Safe Harbor (2003) p. 23 The island was owned by Captain Ephraim Sturdivant, a privateer, who "[i]n 1810...imported Merino sheep from Portugal, and pastured them on Sturdivant’s Island in Casco Bay, which he owned."https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1016&context=cumberlandhs_newsletters Cumberland Historical Society (accessed 8/16/24) In 1883 Arthur Hannaford resided on "Sturdivant Island where he began selling produce in Portland, the beginnings of today’s Hannaford Brothers grocery chain."Sunset Landing Project Archaeological Survey Report p. 21 https://www.townofchebeagueisland.org/vertical/sites/%7B984705D3-C709-4324-9040-19247D095968%7D/uploads/SuLa_Report_20160624_rev3_revised_artifact_inventory.pdf (accessed 8/16/24) By 1912 Sturdivant Island was home to at least one fishing camp."Revenue-Cutter Service," Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times October 5, 1912 p. 387
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