Vinalhaven: Topographic Views
Seal, either Atlantic gray seal or Harbor seal, swimming; Located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony. Since there is no bridge to the island, Vinalhaven is accessible...
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ftmitdome:oai:dome.mit.edu:1721.3/145585 2023-05-15T16:33:08+02:00 Vinalhaven: Topographic Views Gilchrist, Scott Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960) Creation Site: Vinalhaven Island, Maine, United States, North and Central America, 2008 (creation) 2008 digital images image/jpeg http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/145585 unknown 237816 archrefid: 2662 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/145585 1A2-US-VH-E32 © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only MIT architecture contemporary (1960 to present) genre landscape seascape Boats and boating Fishing vacation homes summer cottages Twenty-first century image 2008 ftmitdome 2022-03-15T17:51:18Z Seal, either Atlantic gray seal or Harbor seal, swimming; Located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony. Since there is no bridge to the island, Vinalhaven is accessible from Rockland via an approximately hour-and-fifteen-minute ferry ride across West Penobscot Bay, or by air taxi from Knox County Regional Airport. On June 25, 1789, Vinalhaven was incorporated as a town, named for John Vinal. High quality granite was discovered in 1826, and Vinalhaven became one of Maine's largest quarrying centers for the next century. Today the island is dotted with abandoned old quarries. Like neighboring North Haven Island, Vinalhaven is well-known for its summer community of wealthy Northeasterners, mostly from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2012) Still Image harbor seal MIT Libraries Dome Fox Islands ENVELOPE(-55.831,-55.831,49.633,49.633) Haven Island ENVELOPE(-64.802,-64.802,61.334,61.334) |
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Seal, either Atlantic gray seal or Harbor seal, swimming; Located in the Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is home to a thriving lobster fishery and hosts a summer colony. Since there is no bridge to the island, Vinalhaven is accessible from Rockland via an approximately hour-and-fifteen-minute ferry ride across West Penobscot Bay, or by air taxi from Knox County Regional Airport. On June 25, 1789, Vinalhaven was incorporated as a town, named for John Vinal. High quality granite was discovered in 1826, and Vinalhaven became one of Maine's largest quarrying centers for the next century. Today the island is dotted with abandoned old quarries. Like neighboring North Haven Island, Vinalhaven is well-known for its summer community of wealthy Northeasterners, mostly from Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2012) |
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Creation Site: Vinalhaven Island, Maine, United States, North and Central America, 2008 (creation) |
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ENVELOPE(-55.831,-55.831,49.633,49.633) ENVELOPE(-64.802,-64.802,61.334,61.334) |
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